Frédéric-Louis Allamand
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Frédéric-Louis Allamand (~ February 5, 1736 - after 1803) was a Swiss botanist. Born in Payerne, Switzerland, he moved to Leiden, Netherlands in 1749 to live with his uncle, Jean-Nicolas-Sébastien Allamand (1731-1791). He started to study literature at the university of Leiden, however later changed to study medicine. 1760 he joined the Dutch marine as a ship's doctor. During his time at the marine he visited among other places Suriname and Guyana. Afterwards he became doctor at the tsar's court in St. Petersburg. 1793 he returned to Leiden to work at the university again. The date of his death is unknown, in 1803 he was last mentioned in a document of the university.
He was a correspodent of Carolus Linnaeus, and described several plant genera himself. The genus Allamanda is named in his honor.
[edit] References
- ^ Brummitt, R. K.; C. E. Powell (1992). Authors of Plant Names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. ISBN 1-84246-085-4.
- Frédéric-Louis Allamand in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
