Augustin Pyramus de Candolle also spelt Augustin Pyrame de Candolle (4 February 1778 - 9 September 1841) was a botanist. The author abbreviation used in citing plant names he published is "DC.".
He originated the idea of "Nature's war", which influenced Charles Darwin.
Although de Candolle was descended from one of the ancient families of the Provence, he was born in Geneva as religious persecution had forced his ancestors to leave their native c...
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Augustin Pyramus de Candolle also spelt Augustin Pyrame de Candolle (4 February 1778 - 9 September 1841) was a botanist. The author abbreviation used in citing plant names he published is "DC.".
He originated the idea of "Nature's war", which influenced Charles Darwin.
Although de Candolle was descended from one of the ancient families of the Provence, he was born in Geneva as religious persecution had forced his ancestors to leave their native country in the middle of the 16th century.
Despite being a sickly boy he showed great aptitude for study, and distinguished himself at school by his rapid attainments in classical and general literature, and specially by a faculty for writing elegant verse. He began his scientific studies at the college of Geneva, where the teaching of J. P. E. Vaucher first inspired him with the determination to make botanical science the chief pursuit of his life.
In 1796 he moved to Paris. His first productions, Plantarum historia succulentarum (4 vols.,...
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