Pierre Augustin Dangeard

Who is Pierre Augustin Dangeard?

Pierre Clement Augustin Dangeard was a botanist and mycologist known for his investigations of sexual reproduction in fungi. He was the father of botanist Pierre Dangeard and geologist Louis Dangeard.

Beginning in 1883, he worked as a préparateur to the faculty at Caen, earning his doctorate in 1886. Following graduation, he served as chief of travaux de botanique. In 1891 he was appointed associate professor of botany at the University of Poitiers, later relocating to Paris as a lecturer at the faculty of sciences. In 1921 he attained the title of professor in Paris.

In 1887 he founded the scientific journal Le Botaniste. He was the member of several learned societies, such as the Académie des sciences, the Société botanique de France and the Société mycologique de France. He was the circumscriber of the mycological genus Amoebophilus.