Napoléon Doumet-Adanson
French naturalist (1834-1897) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Napoléon Doumet-Adanson (22 October 1834, Guéret – 31 May 1897 Château de Balaine (Villeneuve-sur-Allier) was a French naturalist. He was a botanist specialising in the flora of Tunisia . He was a founder member of the Société d'horticulture et de botanique de l'Hérault. Doumet was also interested in entomology. He was a Member of the Institut de France.
In 1882 Jules Ferry, as Minister of Public Instruction, decided to create a mission to explore the Regency of Tunisia.[1] The expedition was headed by the botanist Ernest Cosson and included Doumet-Adanson and other naturalists.[2] In 1884 a geological section under Georges Rolland was added to the Tunisian Scientific Exploration Mission.[3] Rolland was assisted by Philippe Thomas from 1885 and by Georges Le Mesle in 1887.[4]