(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)

Born: 1793, Saint Zacharie, Dept du Var, France. Died: 1858, Paris, France.

career:

Surgeon-zoologist of two French expeditions round the world, and on a voyage to Iceland and Greenland.¹

Humata gaimardianus J.Sm. was named after him.

Collecting localities:

Voyage in the ‘Uranie’, 1817-20. cf. sub Gaudichaud (also for Liter.).-Voyage in the ‘Astrolabe’, 1826-29. cf. sub P.A. Lesson (also for Liter.). In 1828 he was left behind in the hospital at Bourbon, on account of illness.

collections:

Herb. Paris [P], e.g. plants collected with Quoi (see there) from the Bay of Doré (NW. New Guinea) (1827) and in the Minahassa (N. Celebes) (1828).²

The zoological results of the ‘Uranie’ and the ‘Astrolabe’ were published by him and Quoi. Zoological MSS in Libr. Nat. Hist. Mus. Paris.

literature:

(1) J.P. Gaimard: ‘Voyage en Islande et au Groënland, exécuté pendant les années 1835-36 sur la corvette ‘La Recherche’’ (Paris 1838-51).

(2) The botanical results of the ‘Astrolabe’ were published by A. Richard in ‘Sertum Astrolabianum’ (Paris 1834).

biographical data:

In ‘Portraits et Histoire des Hommes Utiles’ (pub]. par la Soc. Montyon et Franklin, Paris 1837) p. 193-196 + portr.; Pritzel, Thes. Lit. Bot., 1872; A. Musgrave in Bibl. Austr. Ent. 1932, p. 114; Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936.

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