Pierre Joseph Garidel
Pierre Joseph Garidel (1 August 1658 – 6 June 1737) was a French botanist.
Pierre-Joseph Garibel | |
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| Born | 1 August 1658 Manosque, Bouches-du-Rhone, France |
| Died | 6 June 1737 (aged 78) Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone, France |
| Education | University of Aix-en-Provence |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Parent(s) | Pierre Garidel Louise de Barthelemy |
| Relatives | Joseph Lieutaud (nephew) |
Early life
Pierre-Joseph Garidel was born on 1 August 1658 in Manosque.[1] His father was Pierre Garidel, a lawyer, and his mother, Louise de Barthelemy.[2] He studied medicine at the University of Aix-en-Provence and the University of Montpellier.[2]
Career
He became a professor of botany at the Aix-en-Provence. Together with Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, he studied plants from Provence.[2] Meanwhile, he called on the French nobility to take up botany as a hobby alongside hunting.[3]
In 1735, he published, Histoire des plantes qui naissent aux environs d'Aix et dans plusieurs autres endroits de la Provence, which describes 1,400 plants.[1][2] In the preface, he writes about the history of botany in Provence and the medicinal uses of plants.[4]
Death
He died on 6 June 1737 in Aix-en-Provence.[1]
Legacy
The garidella, a subclass of the thalamiflorae, was named in his honour.[4]
References
- Christie's: GARIDEL, Pierre Joseph (1658-1737). Histoire des plantes qui naissent aux environs d'Aix, et dans plusieurs autres endroits de la Provence. Aix: Joseph David, 1715.
- Aix-en-Provence Historical Society: A few words about the botanist Pierre-Joseph Garidel
- R.L. Williams, Botanophilia in Eighteenth-Century France: The Spirit of the Enlightenment, Springer Science & Business Media, 31 Oct 2001, p. 3
- University of Wales Online Exhibitions: From Herbals to Floras: Garidel (1715)