> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 94](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33259140) of TL-2 Suppl. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/2015-1) LSID 2015-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q346939) QID Q346939 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] > [!example] See also [[David, (Abbé) Armand|first entry]] for this author ### Author \* David, \[Abbé\] Armand (1826-1900), French ornithologist and botanist, born 7 Sep 1826 Espalette in the département Basses-Pyrénées, educated for the priesthood, in charge 1848 of the Lazarist missionary school Paris, 1860-1862 in Peking, China, made natural history collections for Paris (P), died 10 Nov 1900 Paris. **Abbreviated name**: *David* \[standard form in IPNI: *David*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection P|P]], [[Collection PC|PC]], further material at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection G|G]], [[Collection K|K]], [[Collection LE|LE]], [[Collection PH|PH]], [[Collection SHMH|SHMH]]. #### Note Herbarium in part issued as "Plantae Davidianae". #### Bibliography and biography AG 1: 277, 4: 68, 6(2): 657; Barnhart 1: 422; BM 1: 426; Bret. p. 837-870; CSP 7: 491, 9: 646, 12: 185; DBF 10: 340; Hortus 3: 1191; IH 2: 153; Kew 2: 23; MW p. 91-92, MW suppl. p. 54; NI p. 43 (no. 646); Rehder 5(index): 213; TL-2/1: 601-602; Tucker 1: 188, 511; Urban-Berl. p. 339. #### Biofile - Allen, J.A., Auk 19: 118-119. 1902 (obit., details, used for our caption above). - Anderson, A.W., Gard. Chron. ser. 3. 130: 246. 1951 (portr.). - Anon., Entomologist's monthly Mag. 37: 20. 1900; Allg. Bot. Z. 7: 40. 15 Feb 1901 (d.). - Barber, L., The heyday of natural history 1820-1870. London 1980, p. 68. - Chung, H.H., Lingnan Sci. J. 7: 122, 123. 1929 (Botany in Fukien). - Coats, A.M., Plant hunters, 110, 111-113, 114, 115, 119, 121. 1969. - Daranatz, J.B., Un grand naturaliste basque A. David 1929, *in* Dict. Biogr. France 10: 340 (d.). - Dauthenay, H., Rev. hortic. 73: 16. 1901 (obit. note). - David, Abbé, "Abbé David's Diary. Being an account of the French naturalist's journeys and observations in China in the years 1866 to 1869". Translated and edited by Helen M. Fox, 1949, portr., p. \[i\]-xxxvii, \[1\]-302, *16 pl. Copies*: MO, NY. - Fletcher, H.R., Story Roy. Hort. Soc. 1804-1968, p. 295. 1969. - Fournier, P., Voy. déc. mission. natural franç. 2: 16, 34-35, 52, 53, 56, 59, 60, 67-91, 102, 113, 114, 124, 139, 142, 236. 1932. - Goode, J., Père David and the Chinese Eldorado, Garden, New York 8(2): 10-12, 14. 1984 (illustr., portr.). - Guillaumin, A., Les fleurs des jardins xli. 1929. - Hadfield, M., Pioneers in gardening 185-186. 1951. - Keefe, A.M., Biologist 48 (3-4): 56-58. 1966. - Komarov, V.L., Acta Horti Petrop. 29: 33. 1908. - Rix, M., The art of the botanist, London 198. 1981. - Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19(3): 310. 1 Mai 1978 (coll.). - Vilmorin, M. de, Bull. Soc. bot. France 48: 5-8. 1901 (detailed notice). ### Publications ##### n.29.172. voyage **Title** Journal d'un *voyage* en *Mongolie* fait en 1866... Paris (Bulletin des Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle) 1867-1869. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1867-1869, *in* Bull. Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. nat. 3: 18-96, *pl. 4-7.* 1867, 4: 3-83, *pl. 1-2.* 1868, 5: 3-13. 1869. – Fide Tucker 1: 188, BM 1: 426. – No reprint seen. *Note*: See also A. David, La *végétation à Pekin* \[Extract\], Belg. Hort. 19: 142-147. 1869. ##### n.29.173. voyage **Title** Journal d'un *voyage* dans le *centre* de la *Chine* et dans le Thibet oriental... Paris (Bulletin des Nouvelles archives du Muséum d'Histoire naturelle) 1872-1874. Qu. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1872-1874, *in* Bull. Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. nat. 8: 3-128. 1872, 9: 15-48. 1873, 10: 3-82. 1874. – Fide Tucker 1: 188, BM 1: 459. – No reprint seen. ##### n.29.174. Natural history **Title** *Natural history* of *north China*, with notices of that of the south, west and northeast, and of Mongolia & Thibet... Shanghai 1873. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1873, p. \[1\]-45, reprinted from Shanghai Evening Courier, Shanghai Budget, & Shanghai nouvelliste. – See Rehder 1: 459. – No reprint seen. *See also*: "*Quelques renseignements* sur *l'histoire naturelle* de la Chine Septentrionale et occidentale", J. Asiat. Soc., N. China Branch ser. 2. 7: 205-234. 1873 (botany on p. 210-223).