See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

FRANCOIS See also:

• FRANCOIS HUBER (1750-1831)
• HUBER, JOHANN NEPOMUK (1830-1879)
• HUBER, LUDWIG FERDINAND (1764–1804)

HUBER (1750-1831)  , Swiss naturalist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• GENEVA
• GENEVA (Fr. Geneve, Ger. Genf, Ital. Ginevra, Late Lat. Gebenna, though Genava in good Latin)
• GENEVA, LAKE OF

Geneva on the 2nd of See also:

• JULY

July 1750 . He belonged to a See also:

• FAMILY

family which had already made its See also:

• MARK
• MARK, CARL (1858– )
• MARK, GOSPEL OF ST
• MARK, ST

mark in the See also:

• LITERARY

literary and scientific See also:

• WORLD

world: his See also:

• GREAT

great-aunt, See also:

• MARIE

Marie See also:

• HUBER, FRANCOIS (1750-1831)
• HUBER, JOHANN NEPOMUK (1830-1879)
• HUBER, LUDWIG FERDINAND (1764–1804)

Huber (1695–1753), was known as a voluminous writer on religious and theological subjects, and as the translator and epitomizer of the Spectator (See also:

• AMSTERDAM
• AMSTERDAM (NEw AMSTERDAM)

Amsterdam, 3 vols., 1753); and his See also:

• FATHER

father See also:

• JEAN

Jean Huber (1721–1786), who had served for many years as a soldier, was a prominent member of the coterie at Ferney, distinguishing himself by his Observations sur le vol See also:

• DES

des oiseaux (Geneva, 1784) . See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

Francois Huber was only fifteen years old when he began to suffer from an See also:

• AFFECTION (Lat. ad, and facere, to do something to, sc. a person)

affection of the eyes which gradually resulted in See also:

• TOTAL

total See also:

• BLINDNESS

blindness; but, with the aid of his wife, Marie Aimee Lullin, and of his servant, Francois Burnens, he was able to carry out investigations that laid the See also:

• FOUNDATIONS

foundations of our scientific knowledge of the See also:

• LIFE

life See also:

• HISTORY

history of the See also:

• HONEY (Chin. me ; Sansk. madhu, mead, honey; cf. A.S. medo, medu, mead; Gr. p Xt, in which 0 or b is changed into X; Lat. mel ; Fr. miel ; A.S. hung ; Ger. Honig)

honey-See also:

• BEE (Sanskrit blza, AS. ben, Lat. apis)

bee . His Nouvelles Observations sur See also:

• LES

les abeilles was published at Geneva in 1702 (Eng. trans., 18o6) . He assisted Jean See also:

• SENEBIER, JEAN (1742–1809)

Senebier in his See also:

• MENA, JUAN DE (1411–1456)
• MENA, PEDRO DE (d. 1693)

Mena. sur l'See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence de Pair, &c., clans la germination (Geneva, 'Soo); and he also wrote " Mein. sur 1'origine de la cire " (Bibliotheque britannique, tome See also:

• XXV

xxv.), a " Lettre a M . Pictet sur certains dangers que courent les abeilles " (Bib. brit. See also:

• XXVII

xxvii), and "Nouvelles Observ. rel. au See also:

• SPHINX (Gr. Q¢lyyea', to draw tight, squeeze)

sphinx See also:

• ATROPOS

Atropos " (Bib. brit. xxvii) . He died at See also:

• LAUSANNE

Lausanne on the 22nd of See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1831 . De See also:

• CANDOLLE, AUGUSTIN PYRAME DE (1778—1841)

Candolle gave his name to a genus of Brazilian trees—Iluberia laurina .