Augustin Saint-Hilaire
Botanist, Deceased Person
1779 – 1853
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Who was Augustin Saint-Hilaire?
Augustin François César Prouvençal de Saint-Hilaire, French botanist and traveler, was born at Orléans, France, on 4 October 1779. A keen observer, he is credited with important discoveries in botany, notably the direction of the radicle in the embryo sac and the double point of attachment of certain ovules. He also described two families, the Paronychiae and the Tamariscinae, as well as a large number of genera and species.
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