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About Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart
Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart FRS FRSE FGS was a French botanist. He was the son of the geologist Alexandre Brongniart and grandson of the architect, Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart. Brongniart's pioneering work on the relationships between extinct and existing plants has earned him the title of father of paleobotany. His major work on plant fossils was his Histoire des végétaux fossiles (1828–37). He wrote his dissertation on the Buckthorn family (Rhamnaceae), an extant family of flowering plants, and worked at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris until his death. In 1851, he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. This botanist is denoted by the author abbreviation Brongn. when citing a botanical name.
Everything about Adolphe-Théodore Brongniart →- Occupation
- botanist, paleontologist, geologist, botanical collector
- Position held
- president, president of the French Academy of Sciences
- Citizenship
- France
- Born
- January 14, 1801
- Died
- February 18, 1876, February 19, 1876