Louis Théodore Frederic Colladon

Louis Théodore Frederic Colladon
Born 25 August 1792 (1792-08-25)
Geneva
Died 25 April 1862 (1862-04-26) (aged 69)
Occupation Swiss botanist

Louis Théodore Frederic Colladon (25 August 1792, Geneva – 25 April 1862) was a Swiss physician and botanist known for his investigations of the plant genus Cassia.[1] He was the son of pharmacist and amateur botanist Jean-Antoine Colladon (1755–1830).

He studied medicine at the University of Montpellier, where one of his instructors was botanist Augustin Pyramus de Candolle. After graduation he started a medical practice in Paris. As a physician, he distinguished himself in the treatment of cholera patients during the epidemic of 1832.[2]

Among his written works was a monograph on Cassia titled "Histoire naturelle et médicale des casses, et particulièrement de la casse et des sénés employés en médecine" (1816) and a tale involving descent in a diving bell that was published in English as "Narrative of a descent in the diving-bell, &c. &c." (Edinburgh : Printed for A. Constable, 1821).[2][3] In 1830 the plant genus Colladonia was named in his honor by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle.[4]

References

  1. ↑ IPNI List of taxa described and co-described by Colladon.
  2. 1 2 Google Books Mémoires de la Société de physique et d'histoire naturelle de Genève, Volume 16
  3. ↑ WorldCat Search publications
  4. ↑ BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  5. ↑ "Author Query for 'Collad.'". International Plant Names Index.
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