Marc Antoine Louis Claret de La Tourrette

Marc Antoine Louis Claret de La Tourrette (11 August 1729, Lyon – 1793) was a French botanist. He corresponded with Rousseau and his official botanical abbreviation is Tourr.

Contents

Family

His father, Jacques-Annibal Claret de La Tourrette (1692-1776), belonged to Lyon's magistrature and was ennobled by Louis XV, and Marc's brother was the navigator Charles Pierre Claret de Fleurieu.

Life

He died at Lyon.

Works

Source

External links