# Guy Lionnet

> Guy Lionnet was a Mauritian-Seychellois agronomist, naturalist, linguist, playwright and historian. He was born in Curepipe Mauritius on 31 May 1922, the son of Joseph Félix Lionnet (1898-1968) and Marguerite Marie Raymonde Commins (1900-1933) and settled in Seychelles in 1945 as a young professional while the country was still a British colony. He was Seychelles' first non-British Director of Agriculture and has contributed much to conservation in Seychelles as chairman of many conservation agencies including the Seychelles Islands Foundation. Lionnet was a prolific writer on Seychelles history and Seychelles flora and fauna and served as Seychelles' Honorary Consul to Republic of Madagascar.

*Seychellois academic*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/guy-lionnet

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Academic ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q39631))
- **Category:** Academics
- **Country:** Seychelles
- **Born:** 1922-05-31
- **Died:** 2007-11-30
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Guy Lionnet was a Mauritian-Seychellois agronomist, naturalist, linguist, playwright and historian. He was born in Curepipe Mauritius on 31 May 1922, the son of Joseph Félix Lionnet (1898-1968) and Marguerite Marie Raymonde Commins (1900-1933) and settled in Seychelles in 1945 as a young professional while the country was still a British colony. He was Seychelles' first non-British Director of Agriculture and has contributed much to conservation in Seychelles as chairman of many conservation agencies including the Seychelles Islands Foundation. Lionnet was a prolific writer on Seychelles history and Seychelles flora and fauna and served as Seychelles' Honorary Consul to Republic of Madagascar.

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 36.2
- **Momentum:** 13.0

## Sources
- [Guy Lionnet](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Lionnet)
- [Льонне, Ги](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9B%D1%8C%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%B5%2C_%D0%93%D0%B8)
- [جى ليونيت](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AC%D9%89_%D9%84%D9%8A%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AA)
- [Guy Lionnet](https://ha.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Lionnet)
- [Guy Lionnet](https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Lionnet)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5622424)

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