See also:

• ANDRE, JOHN (1751-178o)

ANDRE See also:

• ANDRE MICHAUA (1746-1802)

MICHAUA (1746-1802)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French botanist and traveller, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• VERSAILLES

Versailles on the 7th of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1746 . In 1779 he spent some See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time botanizing in See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, and in 178o he explored See also:

• AUVERGNE

Auvergne, the See also:

• PYRENEES [Span. Pirineos, Fr. Pyrenees]

Pyrenees and the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

north of See also:

• SPAIN
• SPAIN (Espana)

Spain . In 1782 he was sent by the French See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government on a botanical See also:

• MISSION

mission to See also:

• PERSIA

Persia . His See also:

• JOURNEY (through O. Fr. jornee or journee, mod. Fr. journee, from med. Lat. diurnata, Lat. diurnus, of or belonging to dies, day)

journey began unfavourably, as he was robbed by See also:

• ARABS

Arabs of all his equipment except his books; but he gained influential support in Persia, having cured the shah of a dangerous illness . After two years he returned to See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France with a See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• HERBARIUM, or HORTUS

herbarium, and also introduced numerous Eastern See also:

• PLANTS

plants into the botanic gardens of France . In 1785 he was sent by the French government to North See also:

• AMERICA

America, and travelled with his son See also:

• FRANCOIS (1558-1614)

Francois See also:

• ANDRE, JOHN (1751-178o)

Andre (1770–1855) through See also:

• CANADA

Canada, Nova See also:

• SCOTIA (Gr. o'Karca, shadow or darkness)

Scotia and the See also:

• UNITED

United States . On his return to France in 1797 he was shipwrecked and lost most of his collections . In x800 he went to See also:

• MADAGASCAR

Madagascar to investigate the See also:

• FLORA

flora of that See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

island, and died there on the 16th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1802 . His See also:

• WORK

work as a botanist was chiefly done in the See also:

• FIELD (a word common to many West German languages, cf. Ger. Feld, Dutch veld, possibly cognate with O.E. f olde, the earth, and ultimately with root of the Gr. irAaror, broad)
• FIELD, CYRUS WEST (1819-1892)
• FIELD, DAVID DUDLEY (18o5-1894)
• FIELD, EUGENE (1850-1895)
• FIELD, FREDERICK (18o1—1885)
• FIELD, HENRY MARTYN (1822-1907)
• FIELD, JOHN (1782—1837)
• FIELD, MARSHALL (183 1906)
• FIELD, NATHAN (1587—1633)
• FIELD, STEPHEN JOHNSON (1816-1899)
• FIELD, WILLIAM VENTRIS FIELD, BARON (1813-1907)

field, and he added largely to what was previously known of the See also:

• BOTANY (from Gr. l3or6v17, plant; ,66vicety, to graze)

botany of the See also:

• EAST
• EAST, ALFRED (1849- )

East and of America . He wrote two valuable See also:

• WORKS

works on North See also:

• AMERICAN

American plants—the Histoire See also:

• DES

des chenes de l'Amerique septentrionale (18o1), with 36 plates, and the Flora Boreali-Americana (2 vols., 1803), with 51 plates . His son Francois published a Histoire des arbres forestiers de l'Amerique septentrionale (3 vols., 1810-1813), with 156 plates, of which an See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• TRANSLATION

translation appeared in 1817-1819 as The North American Sylva .