Jean-Baptiste Édouard Bornet
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Jean-Baptiste Édouard Bornet (September 2, 1828 Guérigny
– December 18, 1911 Paris
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botanist.
Member of the French Académie des sciences, he wrote the Notes algologiques (1847-1880) and the Études phycologiques (1878). He established the nature of lichen
s and was the first to find the reproductive process of red algae
.
Bornet was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
in 1888. He was admitted as a Foreign Member to the Royal Society
in 1910.
Guérigny
Guérigny is a commune in the Nièvre department in central France.-Demographics:At the 1999 census, the population was 2474. On 1 January 2007, the estimate was 2573.-References:*...
– December 18, 1911 Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
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France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
botanist.
Member of the French Académie des sciences, he wrote the Notes algologiques (1847-1880) and the Études phycologiques (1878). He established the nature of lichen
Lichen
Lichens are composite organisms consisting of a symbiotic organism composed of a fungus with a photosynthetic partner , usually either a green alga or cyanobacterium...
s and was the first to find the reproductive process of red algae
Red algae
The red algae are one of the oldest groups of eukaryotic algae, and also one of the largest, with about 5,000–6,000 species of mostly multicellular, marine algae, including many notable seaweeds...
.
Bornet was elected a member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences or Kungliga Vetenskapsakademien is one of the Royal Academies of Sweden. The Academy is an independent, non-governmental scientific organization which acts to promote the sciences, primarily the natural sciences and mathematics.The Academy was founded on 2...
in 1888. He was admitted as a Foreign Member to the Royal Society
Royal Society
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is a learned society for science, and is possibly the oldest such society in existence. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a Royal Charter by King Charles II as the "Royal Society of London"...
in 1910.