Marc Antoine Louis Claret de La Tourrette

Marc Antoine Louis Claret de La Tourrette (11 August 1729, Lyon 1 October 1793, Lyon) was a French botanist.[1] He corresponded with Rousseau and his official botanical abbreviation is Tourr.

Family

His father, Jacques-Annibal Claret de La Tourrette (1692-1776), belonged to Lyon's magistrature and was ennobled by Louis XV, and Marc's brother was the navigator Charles Pierre Claret de Fleurieu.

Life

In 1770 he published his Voyage au mont Pilat dans la province du Lyonnais, contenant des observations sur l'histoire naturelle de cette montagne. In this book he described the natural history of the Pilat massif and gave a list of the plants found there. He died at Lyon.

Works

Sources

  1. Archives municipales de Lyon. Registres paroissiaux et d'état civil. image 6.
  2. "Author Query for 'Latourr.'". International Plant Names Index.

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