Augustin_Pyramus_de_Candolle
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Augustin Pyramus de Candolle | |
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Portrait by Joseph Hornung, 1839 | |
| Born | 4 February 1778 |
| Died | 9 September 1841 (aged 63) Geneva, Switzerland |
| Other names | Augustin Pyrame de Candolle |
| Education | Collège de Genève |
| Known for | System of Taxonomy, Principle of "Nature's War" |
| Relatives | Alphonse Pyramus de Candolle (son); Casimir de Candolle (grandson); Richard Émile Augustin de Candolle (great-grandson) |
| Awards | Royal Medal (1833); associate member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany, agronomy, phytogeography, chronobiology |
| Institutions | University of Montpellier, Collège de Genève |
| Patrons | Georges Cuvier |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | DC. |
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