Brunet was born in Quebec City on 10 March 1826, the son of Jean-Olivier Brunet, a merchant, and Cécile Lagueux. From 1844, he was educated at the Séminaire de Québec, and was ordained on 10 October 1848. He was for the next ten years employed variously as a missionary, a curate, and parish priest. Upon the departure of his former mentor, the Abbé Edward John Horan, he was in 1858 appointed teacher of science at his alma mater, which had become Université Laval in 1852 following a grant of a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria. Following the resignation of mineralogistThomas Sterry Hunt, Brunet succeeded him as the Chair of Natural History. His expertise as a botanist developed following field work in Ontario and Quebec, as well as two years spent in visiting European herbaria and a course of lectures at the Sorbonne, the Jardin des Plantes, and the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle in Paris, France. He corresponded with noted American botanist Asa Gray who encouraged him to undertake a survey of Canadian flora. This work, commenced in 1860 and encompassing more than 582 pages, was never published, partly as the result of its anticipation in 1862 upon the publication of Flore canadienne by his competitor Léon Provancher. In 1870 he published his first major botanical work, Éléments de botanique et de physiologie végétale, suivis d’une petite flore simple et facile pour aider à découvrir les noms des plantes les plus communes au Canada. Nevertheless, success eluded him, and with his health failing, he retired at age 44 to the home of his mother and sister. He died in Quebec City on 2 October 1876.
louis, ovide, brunet, march, 1826, october, 1876, french, canadian, botanist, roman, catholic, priest, considered, founding, fathers, canadian, botany, born, 1826, march, 1826quebec, city, lower, canadadied2, october, 1876, 1876, aged, quebec, city, quebecnati. Louis Ovide Brunet 10 March 1826 2 October 1876 was a French Canadian botanist and Roman Catholic priest and is considered one of the founding fathers of Canadian botany Louis Ovide BrunetBorn 1826 03 10 10 March 1826Quebec City Lower CanadaDied2 October 1876 1876 10 02 aged 50 Quebec City QuebecNationalityCanadianKnown forpriest botanistBrunet was born in Quebec City on 10 March 1826 the son of Jean Olivier Brunet a merchant and Cecile Lagueux From 1844 he was educated at the Seminaire de Quebec and was ordained on 10 October 1848 He was for the next ten years employed variously as a missionary a curate and parish priest Upon the departure of his former mentor the Abbe Edward John Horan he was in 1858 appointed teacher of science at his alma mater which had become Universite Laval in 1852 following a grant of a Royal Charter by Queen Victoria Following the resignation of mineralogist Thomas Sterry Hunt Brunet succeeded him as the Chair of Natural History His expertise as a botanist developed following field work in Ontario and Quebec as well as two years spent in visiting European herbaria and a course of lectures at the Sorbonne the Jardin des Plantes and the Museum national d Histoire naturelle in Paris France He corresponded with noted American botanist Asa Gray who encouraged him to undertake a survey of Canadian flora This work commenced in 1860 and encompassing more than 582 pages was never published partly as the result of its anticipation in 1862 upon the publication of Flore canadienne by his competitor Leon Provancher In 1870 he published his first major botanical work Elements de botanique et de physiologie vegetale suivis d une petite flore simple et facile pour aider a decouvrir les noms des plantes les plus communes au Canada Nevertheless success eluded him and with his health failing he retired at age 44 to the home of his mother and sister He died in Quebec City on 2 October 1876 The standard author abbreviation Brunet is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name 1 See also edit nbsp Christianity portalList of Roman Catholic scientist clericsReferences edit International Plant Names Index Brunet Biography at the Canadian Encyclopedia Biography at the Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about a Canadian scientist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Louis Ovide Brunet amp oldid 1206394259, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
