Dominique Villars

Dominique Villars
Dominique Villars
Born	14 November 1745 Villar
Died	26 June 1814 Strasbourg
Nationality	France
Occupation	botanist

Dominique Villars or Villar (born on 14 November 1745 in Villar, and died on 26 June 1814 in Strasbourg) is a French botanist. His main work is Histoire des plantes du Dauphiné published between 1786 to 1789, in which about 2,700 species (particularly alpine plants) are described, after over twenty years of observation. His herbarium and botanical manuscripts are preserved at the Muséum d'histoire naturelle de Grenoble.

References

Benoît Dayrat (2003). Les Botanistes et la Flore de France. Trois siècles de découvertes, scientifical magazine of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle : 690 p.

External links

(French) "Un Dauphinois mal connu : Dominique Villars", by Henri Chollat
(French) "L'histoire des plantes de Dauphiné", by D. Villars

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Name	Villars, Dominique
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Date of birth	14 November 1745
Place of birth	Villar
Date of death	26 June 1814
Place of death	Strasbourg