Hippolyte Hanry, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Hippolyte Hanry

French botanist

Date of Birth: 15-Jun-1807

Place of Birth: Le Luc, Provence-Alpes-CĂ´te d'Azur, France

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1893

Profession: botanist, bryologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Hippolyte Hanry

  • Hippolyte Hanry (15 April 1807, Casale Monferrato, Italy – 1893) was a French botanical collector and taxonomist. From 1831 onward, he served as justice of the peace in Le Luc, a town in the department of Var.
  • As a botanist, he collected plants in the vicinity of Le Luc.He was the author of the botanical section of the 1853 "Prodrome d'histoire naturelle du dĂ©partement du Var" (Prodomus on the natural history of Var).
  • His herbarium specimens are presently housed at the MusĂ©um d'Histoire Naturelle in NĂ®mes and in the herbarium at the University of Montpellier.Plants with the specific epithet of hanryi are named in his honor.

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