Gaspard Thémistocle Lestiboudois
French naturalist and botanist (1797–1876) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
French naturalist and botanist (1797–1876) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Gaspard Thémistocle Lestiboudois (12 October 1797, Lille – 22 November 1876, Paris) was a French naturalist. He was the son of botanist François Joseph Lestiboudois (1759-1815) and the grandson of Jean-Baptiste Lestiboudois (1715-1804), a professor of botany at the Faculty of Lille.
In 1818, he obtained his doctorate of medicine in Paris. In 1835 he conducted research of the plague in Algeria.[1] As a passenger on a train, he was involved in a terrible accident at Rœux; despite being injured, he attended to the wounds of other victims.[2]
In August 1868 he was chosen commander of the Legion of Honour.[3]
Known for his early investigations of phyllotaxis, in 1848 he published Phyllotaxie anatomique.[4][5] Other noted works by Lestiboudois include:
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