Jaques Étienne Gay
Swiss-French botanist, civil servant and botanical collector (1786-1864) · Switzerland · Scientists · Died at 77
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Something wrong?Jaques Étienne Gay was a Swiss-French botanist, civil servant, collector and taxonomist. His name is associated with plants in standardised botanical nomenclature, e.g. Crocus sieberi J.Gay.
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Jaques Étienne Gay was a Swiss-French botanist, civil servant, collector and taxonomist. His name is associated with plants in standardised botanical nomenclature, e.g. Crocus sieberi J.Gay. He was the most famous of the students of botanist Jean François Aimée Gaudin with whom he began collecting plants at the age of 14. He was married to Rosalie Nillion.
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