Pierre Chouard

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Pierre Chouard (Paris, 29 October 1903 - Paris, 11 December 1983) was a French botanist, specialising in plant physiology.

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Biography

He entered the École normale supérieure, in the class of 1924, [1] and graduated in natural sciences in 1927. [2]

In 1930, he participated in the formation of the International Mediterranean and Alpine Geobotany Station in Montpellier. [3] [4]

He was professor of plant physiology at the Sorbonne and director of the plant research establishment Phytotron at Gif-sur-Yvette.

In 1962, with his friend Henri Gaussen, he was instrumental in the creation of the Pyrenees National Park. [5] Both went on to be part of the park's Scientific Committee. [5]

He was a member of the Académie d'agriculture de France, a founding member of the Société française de physiologie végétale, and President of the Société botanique de France in 1949–1950. [6] Choard authored some six taxon names, including four in the genus Hyacinthella , Brimeura amethystina and Muscari subg. Moscharia. He is associated with at least thirty. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ Bulletin de l’Association amicale des anciens élèves de l'École normale supérieure, 1986, p. 75-77
  2. ↑ "Les agrégés de l'enseignement secondaire. Répertoire 1809-1960 | Ressources numériques en histoire de l'éducation". rhe.ish-lyon.cnrs.fr. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  3. ↑ La Station Internationale de Géobotanique Méditerranéenne et Alpine, in the Revue de botanique appliquée et d'agriculture coloniale, 1930, vol.10, No. 107, p. 553-557
  4. ↑ "La Station Internationale de Géobotanique Méditerranéenne et Alpine". Journal d'agriculture traditionnelle et de botanique appliquée. 1930. pp. 553–557. doi:10.3406/jatba.1930.4876 . Retrieved 12 February 2024.
  5. 1 2 Sophie Bobbé, Il était une fois un parc... : Histoire de la création du parc national des Pyrénées, dans Histoire des parcs nationaux, Éditions Quae, 2009
  6. ↑ Drut, Olivier. "CTHS - CHOUARD Pierre". cths.fr (in French). Retrieved 16 May 2021.
  7. ↑ "Chouard, Pierre | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
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