Antoine Gouan (15 November 1733 – 1 September 1821) was a French naturalist who was a native of Montpellier. Gouan was a pioneer of Linnaean taxonomy in France.
He began his studies in Toulouse, later returning to Montpellier, where he studied medicine at the university. Here he was a student of François Boissier de Sauvages de Lacroix (1706–1767), an ardent supporter of Carl Linnaeus. In August 1752, Gouan received his doctorate under the chairmanship of Antoine Magnol (1676–1759), and subsequently practiced medicine at Saint-Éloi Hospital in Montpellier. Soon afterwards his interest turned to natural history.
In 1762 Gouan published a plant catalog of the botanical garden at Montpellier titled Hortus regius Monspeliensis. This publication was the first French botanical work that followed the binomial nomenclature of Linnaeus. In 1765 he penned Flora Monspeliaca, and became titulaire at the Montpellier Academy. During this period he attained a position at the botanical garden, and was in charge of collecting and classifying plant species. In 1770 he published an important ichthyological treatise called Historia Piscicum, a work that expanded the number of fish genera that existed in the Linnaean system.
Gouan is credited with planting the first ginkgo biloba in France, a tree that was given to him by naturalist Pierre Marie Auguste Broussonet (1761–1807). Today this tree is reportedly still standing in the botanical garden of Montpellier. During his career he amassed a large collection of algae that was harvested around Marseille.
Taxa with the specific epithet of gouanii commemorate his name, an example being Ranunculus gouanii (Gouan's Buttercup).[2]
"This article is based on a translation of an equivalent article at the French Wikipedia".
^Dumas, C.L. (1809). Recueil des bulletins, publiés par la Société libre des sciences et belles-lettres de Montpellier (in French). Montpellier: Veuve Tournel et fils. Retrieved 25 February 2021.
IPNI List of taxa described & co-described by Gouan.
January 01, 1970
antoine, gouan, november, 1733, september, 1821, french, naturalist, native, montpellier, gouan, pioneer, linnaean, taxonomy, france, born, 1733, november, 1733montpellierdied1, september, 1821, 1821, aged, montpelliernationalityfrenchalma, materuniversity, mo. Antoine Gouan 15 November 1733 1 September 1821 was a French naturalist who was a native of Montpellier Gouan was a pioneer of Linnaean taxonomy in France Antoine GouanAntoine GouanBorn 1733 11 15 15 November 1733MontpellierDied1 September 1821 1821 09 01 aged 87 MontpellierNationalityFrenchAlma materUniversity of MontpellierScientific careerFieldsBotanyIchthyologyNatural historyInstitutionsRoyal Swedish Academy of Sciences He began his studies in Toulouse later returning to Montpellier where he studied medicine at the university Here he was a student of Francois Boissier de Sauvages de Lacroix 1706 1767 an ardent supporter of Carl Linnaeus In August 1752 Gouan received his doctorate under the chairmanship of Antoine Magnol 1676 1759 and subsequently practiced medicine at Saint Eloi Hospital in Montpellier Soon afterwards his interest turned to natural history In 1762 Gouan published a plant catalog of the botanical garden at Montpellier titled Hortus regius Monspeliensis This publication was the first French botanical work that followed the binomial nomenclature of Linnaeus In 1765 he penned Flora Monspeliaca and became titulaire at the Montpellier Academy During this period he attained a position at the botanical garden and was in charge of collecting and classifying plant species In 1770 he published an important ichthyological treatise called Historia Piscicum a work that expanded the number of fish genera that existed in the Linnaean system Bust of Gouan at Jardin Botanique de Montpellier In 1766 he succeeded Sauvages de Lacroix at the Faculty of Medicine and in 1793 became a foreign member of the Linnean Society of London During his career he maintained correspondence with several learned scientists and thinkers which included in addition to Linnaeus Albrecht von Haller 1708 1777 Jean Guillaume Bruguiere 1750 1798 Jean Jacques Rousseau 1712 1778 Carl Peter Thunberg 1743 1828 et al One of his students in Montpellier was Jacques Anselme Dorthes 1 In 1790 he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences Gouan is credited with planting the first ginkgo biloba in France a tree that was given to him by naturalist Pierre Marie Auguste Broussonet 1761 1807 Today this tree is reportedly still standing in the botanical garden of Montpellier During his career he amassed a large collection of algae that was harvested around Marseille Taxa with the specific epithet of gouanii commemorate his name an example being Ranunculus gouanii Gouan s Buttercup 2 The standard author abbreviation Gouan is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name 3 References edit This article is based on a translation of an equivalent article at the French Wikipedia Dumas C L 1809 Recueil des bulletins publies par la Societe libre des sciences et belles lettres de Montpellier in French Montpellier Veuve Tournel et fils Retrieved 25 February 2021 UK Wildflowers Ranunculus gouanii Gouan s Buttercup International Plant Names Index Gouan External links editIPNI List of taxa described amp co described by Gouan Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Antoine Gouan amp oldid 1216814902, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
