Jacques Huber

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Jacques Huber
Born 1867
Died 1914
Belém, Pará, Brazil
Citizenship Swiss and Brazilian
Nationality Swiss-French
Fields Botany
Institutions Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi
Influenced Adolpho Ducke
Author abbreviation (botany) Huber
Notes
Director of Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (1907-1914)

Jacques Huber (1867-1914) was a Swiss-Brazilian botanist who did pionering work on the flora of the Amazon from 1895 until his death. He created and organized the herbarium and arboretum in Belém, Brazil, and was director of the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi from 1907 until he died.