Dominique Alexandre Godron

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Dominique Alexandre Godron (March 25, 1807 - August 16, 1880) was a French physician and botanist born in the town of Hayange, in the département Moselle.

Godron studied medicine at the University of Strasbourg, and during his career distinguished himself in natural sciences as well as in the field of medicine. In 1854 he became dean and professor of natural history to the Faculty of Sciences at Nancy. Here he established a natural history museum and reorganized its botanical garden (now the Jardin Dominique Alexandre Godron, renamed in his honor).

Among his numerous writings were a publication on the flora of the Lorraine region of France called Flore de Lorraine (1843), and the three-volume Flore de France, a work on flora native to France and Corsica that was co-written with botanist Jean Charles Marie Grenier (1808-1875). In addition to his botanical works, he published a number of studies in the field of ethnology.^[1]

Before Mendel, he discovered the main features of hybridation. In "de l'Espece et des races dans les êtres organises" he also demonstrated that hybridization in the vegetal world was, against the dominant thinking at the time, similar to hybridization in the animal world. He finally demonstrated the unity of mankind in his book dedicated to our specie.

The standard author abbreviation Godr. is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[2]

References

Biography of Dominique Alexandre Godron (translated from French).

↑ IDREF.fr (extensive bibliography of Godron]
↑ [http://www.ipni.org/ipni/advAuthorSearch.do?find_abbreviation=Godr. "Author Query for 'Godr.'"]. International Plant Names Index.

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 17315537 LCCN: n87125311 ISNI: 0000 0000 7984 9971 GND: 117547875 SUDOC: 06705420X

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Name	Godron, Dominique Alexandre
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Short description	French botanist
Date of birth	March 25, 1807
Place of birth
Date of death	August 16, 1880
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