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Michel Adanson

Born

in Aix-en-Provence, France

April 07, 1727

Died

August 03, 1806

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An 18th century French naturalist who spent many years in Senegal where other naturalists feared to go and who gave his name to the baobab (Adansonia digitata) and to the African bee (Apis Mellifera Adansonii).

In the late 18th century, impoverished by his trip to Senegal, Adanson could have lived and satisfied his scholarly needs with his functions and his pensions; but he entertained the sole idea of producing his encyclopedia alone and devoted all his means to that end.
Louis XVI granted him the use of the Royal Printing Office for the twenty-seven volumes which were to form this work, the title of which would have been "Universal Order of Nature."
The French Revolution came and his financial means were cut off. What most afflicted him ho ...more

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	Familles des plantes 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Cours d'Histoire Naturelle Fait en 1772, Vol. 2 (Classic Reprint) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Histoire naturelle du Sénégal, coquillages: Avec la relation abrégée d'un voyage fait en ce pays, pendant les années 1749, 50, 51, 52 & 53 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 35 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Familles Des Plantes: Contenant Une Préface Istorike Sur L'état Ancien & Actuel De La Botanike, & Une Téorie De Cette Science, Volume 1... 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Voyage Au Senegal (Lire le dix-huitieme siecle, 22) (French Edition) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	INTELLIGENZBLATT DER JENAISCHEN ALLEGEMEINEN LITERATUR-ZEITUNG VOM JAHRE 1807 1807 [Leather Bound] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Familles des plantes par M. Adanson ; I. Partie, contenant une préface istorike sur l'état ancien & actuel de la botanike, & une téorie de cette science .. 1763 [Leather Bound] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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