Étienne Pierre Ventenat

also called Vent.

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1. a French botanist who was a native of Limoges

   

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2. born on March 1, 1757

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3. died on August 13, 1808

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4. the brother of naturalist Louis Ventenat (1765-1794)

   

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5. While working as director of the ecclesiastic library Sainte-Geneviève in Paris, Ventenat took a journey to England, where he visited its botanical gardens, which inspired him to pursue a vocation in sciences

   

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6. Afterwards he studied under and collaborated with botanist Charles Louis L'Héritier de Brutelle (1746-1800)

   

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   "Clerodendrum viscosum", from: Jardin de la Malmaison

   

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8. In 1795 he was elected a member of the Institut national des sciences et des arts, later known as the Académie des sciences

   

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