> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 384](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33259888) of TL-2 Suppl. VII > Author links: [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q323650) QID Q323650 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Francoeur, Louis-Benjamin (1773-1849), French mathematician, astronomer and naturalist, born 16 Aug 1773 in Paris, entered College d'Harcourt in Navarre 1790, army service from 1793, École Polytechnique 1794-1797 and appointed prof. of mathematics 1804, prof. of mathematics at the Lycée Charlemagne 1805 and then at the Faculty of Sciences, Paris 1808-1845, served in Napoleon's Peninsular Campaign 1809-1810, elected member of the Institut \[academician?\] 1842, died 15 Dec 1849 in Fontainebleau (Paris). **Abbreviated name**: *Francoeur* #### Herbarium and types Unknown (if they exist, probably at [[Collection P|P]]). #### Bibliography and biography Académie p. 199; Baillon 2: 641; BM 2: 611; DBF 14: 1002-1004 (as "Francoeur"); Rehder 1: 406, 5(index): 295. #### Biofile - Barbier, A.-A., 1806-1809. Dictionnaire des ouvrages anonymes 2: col. 473. (n.v.) - Charpin, A. & G.G. Aymonin, 1999. J. Bot. Soc. Bot. France 10: 13. - Francoeur, I., 1853. Notice sur la vie et les ouvrages de M. L.-B. Francoeur,... Paris (Mallet-Bachelier): 16 p. (portr.) (n.v.); Id., 1866,... Paris (Gauthier-Villars): 16 p. (n.v.) - Jomard, E.-F., \[1851\]. Discours sur la vie et les travaux de Louis-Benjamin Francoeur..., Paris (impr. de Schneider): 43 p. (portr.). (n.v.) ### Publications ##### n.35.393. Flore parisienne **Title** *Flore parisienne*, ou Description des caractères de toutes les plantes qui croissent naturellement aux environs de Paris, distribuées suivant la méthode du Jardin des plantes... Paris (impr. de H.-L. Perronneau) An IX \[1800-1801\]. Duod. **Abbreviated title**: *Fl. parisienne*. **Notes** *Publ*.: An IX (i.e. 23 Sep 1800-22 Sep 1801), p. \[i\]-xii, \[1\]-296, \[i, errata\]. *Copies*: HH, LC (n.v.). *Note*: (1) Author given as "L.-B. F\*\*\*". (2) Introductory paging irregular, e.g. "\[v\], vi, vii, viii, xi, \[2 p. blank\], x". (3) Signatures in LC copy: a6 A-2B6. 2B6 blank? wanting in LC copy.