Pierre Augustin Boissier de Sauvages
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Pierre Augustin Boissier de Sauvages or François Boissier de Sauvages de Lacroix (28 August 1710, Alès – 13 December 1795) was a French naturalist, researcher in provençal dialect and encyclopédist. His brother was the physician François Boissier de Sauvages de Lacroix
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He studied theology in Paris, and later returned to his hometown of Alès, where he taught classes in sciences, philosophy and theology. In 1746 he became a member of the Société Royale des Sciences à Montpellier. In 1771 he was ordained as a priest.[1]
Published works
- Dictionnaire languedocien-françois (1756) – Languedoc-French dictionary.
- Mémoires sur l'éducation des vers à soie, (1763) – On silkworms.
- De la culture des mûriers, (1763) – The cultivation of mulberry trees.
- Observations sur l'origine du miel, (1763) – Observations on the origin of honey.
- "Directions for the breeding and management of silk-worms" (1770); (extracted from treatises by Abbé Boissier de Sauvages and Samuel Pullein; translated and epitomized by Jonathan Odell).[2]
References
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