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### 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.