Sautier, Antoine |
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(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors) |
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Died: Nov. 15, 1801, at sea on the way from Timor to New Holland. |
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Student gardener attached to a French expedition under Capt. Baudin (died 1803) (see itinerary below). He is commemorated in the genus Sautiera Decne. (cf. Backer, Verkl. Woordenb., 1936). |
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Voyage in ‘La Naturaliste’ and ‘Le Géographe’, 1800-04.1 Detailed data cf. sub Leschenault and the other members, Riedlé and Guichenot. Timor was visited from Aug. 21-Nov. 12, 1801. |
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Herb. Deless.
(Geneva [G]), Paris [P],
Brit. Mus. [BM] and Kew
[K].2 The collection was studied together with those of the other members of the expedition.3 |
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(1) F. Peron: ‘Voyage de decouvertes aux terres Australes exécuté etc. sur les corvettes Le Géographe, Le Naturaliste et la goulette La Casuarina, pendant les années 1800-04’ (Paris 1807-16, 2 vols + atlas). A MS. journal of Sautier in Libr. Nat. Hist. Mus. Paris. (2) cf. Forbes, A naturalist’s wanderings etc., 1885, p. 497. (3) J. Decaisne: ‘Herbarii timorensis descriptio’ (Nouv. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 3, 1834, p. 333-501, pl. 16-21; reprinted Paris 1835). |