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Amédée-François Frézier

French scientist, spy and explorer (1682-1773) · Scientists · Died at 91

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Amédée-François Frézier was a French military engineer, mathematician, spy, and explorer who is best remembered for bringing back five specimens of Fragaria chiloensis, the beach strawberry, from an assignment in South America, thus introducing this New World fruit to the Old. The standard author abbreviation Frez.

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Frézier's map of 1717 showing Terre de feu (Tierra del Fuego) and the tip of the South American mainlandFrézier's map of 1717 showing Terre de feu (Tierra del Fuego) and the tip of the South American mainlandFragaria chiloensis (beach strawberry), illustrated in Frézier's Relation du voyage (…)Fragaria chiloensis (beach strawberry), illustrated in Frézier's Relation du voyage (…)

Awards

Knight of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Louis

Scientists born in the 1680s 6

Giovanni Poleni48.4Jan Frederik Gronovius47.0Mark Catesby49.6George Clifford III46.8Johann Maria Farina51.6Henry Mill46.2

About this person

Amédée-François Frézier was a French military engineer, mathematician, spy, and explorer who is best remembered for bringing back five specimens of Fragaria chiloensis, the beach strawberry, from an assignment in South America, thus introducing this New World fruit to the Old. The standard author abbreviation Frez. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1682 to 1773 · aged 91

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