> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 143](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33258621) of TL-2 Suppl. VIII > Author links: [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q104692557) QID Q104692557 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Gatin, Charles Louis (1877-1916), French agricultural engineer and botanist, born 6 Dec 1877 in Rambouillet, graduated from the Agronomy Inst., Paris 1898, internship, experimental garden in Tunis, Tunisia "préparateur", lab. of botany, École supérieure des sciences, Algiers, Algeria 1901, Dr. ès-sciences 1906 Paris, dir. of research, École des hautes études, Muséum natl. d'Histoire naturelle, Paris 1913, mobilized in 1914 for military service in W.W.-I and wounded the same year in Alsace, after recuperating he was again sent to the front and killed in action 26 Feb 1916 at Douaumont nr. Verdun, Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur, Croix de Guerre. **Abbreviated name**: *Gatin* #### Note Gatin's widow, Valentine Gatin (née Selitzky) (1888-1977), married the botanist Pierre Allorge (1891-1944) in 1920. #### Herbarium and types Unknown. #### Bibliography and biography Barnhart 2: 32; BFM p. 285 (index); BL 2: 102, 657; BM 6: 358; BN p. 174; DBF 15: 664; Kew 2: 384; Langman p. 310; Plesch p. 234; TL-2/Suppl. 1: 448 (index); Tucker 1: 271, 3: 116. #### Biofile - Charpin, A. & J. Timbal, 2007. Acta Bot. Gallica 154: 450. - Davy de Virville, A., 1954. Hist. bot. France: 132, 136, 261. - Dörfler, I., 1909. Botaniker-Adressbuch, ed. 3: 109. - Fridel, J., 1919. Rev. Gén. Bot. 31: 65-74. (bibl., portr.) - \[Gatin, C.L.\], 1924. Dict. Bot.: viii-x. (portr.) - Lavaud, S., 1955. Cat. thèses de Doctorat ès Sciences nat. soutenues à Paris de 1891 à 1954: 41. #### Composite works - (1) Co-author with É.C. Perrot, *Les Algues marines*... 1911; see TL-2/4, nr. 7714, where no credit is given to Gatin). ### Publications ##### n.36.145. Recherches **Title** *Recherches* anatomiques et chimiques sur la *germination* des *palmiers*... Paris (Masson et Cie, Éditeurs) 1906. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 3 Apr 1906 (date of exam. handwritten on cover-t.p.), cover-t.p., p. \[i-iv\], \[191\]-314, \[i-iii, "Table des matières", "Deuxième thèse"\], *pl. 1-11* (uncol. photomicrograph.). *Copies*: K (n.v.), NY. – Reprinted and to be cited from Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 9, 3(2-3): 191-192. Apr 1906, Id. 3(4-6): 193-315, *pl. 1-11.* Jun 1906. *Note*: (1) Doctoral thesis, Univ. of Paris, Série A, No. 517, No. 1234. (2) Gatin's Deuxième thèse (p. \[iii\]), approved 27 Jan 1906, is not included in the journal. ##### n.36.146. Palmiers **Title** Les *Palmiers*, histoire naturelle et horticole des différents genres... Paris (Octave Doin et fils) 1912. Oct. **Notes** *Publ*.: 1912, \[3 p. advert.\], p. \[i\*-iii\*\], \[i\]-iii, \[1\]-338, \[12 p. advert.\]. *Copies*: G, K, LC (n.v.), MO(2). – In series, Encyclopédie scientifique; Bibliothèque de botanique appliqué, no. 18. *Ref*.: Offner, J., Bot. Centralbl. 123(27): 43. 8 Jul 1913 (rev.) - Anon., Bot. Centralbl. 121(11): 172. 16 Jul 1912 (noticed). - *Reprint*: Mai 1997 (Dépôt légal),... Marly-Le-Roi (Éditions Champflour), p. \[1\]-238. *Copy*: K. ##### n.36.147. arbres **Title** Les *arbres*, *arbustes* et *arbrisseaux forestiers*... Paris (Paul Lechevalier et fils) 1913. Oct. (16 cm). **Notes** *Publ*.:1913 (p. vi signed 1 Jan 1913), p. \[iii\]-lx, 1-117, *100 pl*. (col. on 50 lvs., by auth.). *Copies*: HH (n.v.), USDA. – In series, Encyclopédie pratique du naturaliste 1. *Second printing*: 1932 (p. \[x\] signed Sep 1932), p. \[i\]-lx, \[1\]-112, \[113, Table des Matières\], *96 pl*. (col.). *Copies*: BM(2) (1 missing) (n.v.), HH (n.v.), LC (n.v.), US. *Note*: According to the publisher (p. \[x\]), the mss. for a second edition was lost and a second printing was undertaken to meet demand for the book. ##### n.36.148. Les fleurs des bois **Title** *Les fleurs des bois*... Paris (Paul Lechevalier) 1913. Oct. (16 cm). **Notes** *Publ*.: 1913 (p. \[v\] signed 1 Mar 1913), p. \[i\]-lxxiii, 1-115, *100 pl*. (col.). *Copy*: USDA. – In series, Encyclopédie pratique du naturaliste 2. *Ed. 2* (rev. & enlarged by Mme. V. Allorge-Gatin): 25 Mar 1937 (date printed), p. \[viii\]-cxxx, \[ii\], 1-140, \[i, printer's mark\], *102 pl*. (col.). *Copies*: BM (n.v.), HH, K (n.v.). *Editor*: Allorge, Valentine (née Selitzky) (1888-1977), whose second marriage in 1920 was to the botanist Pierre Allorge (1891-1944), see TL-2/1: 36-37 and Suppl. 1: 80-81. *Illus*.: Boully, Juliette (fl. 1913), watercolorist. ##### n.36.149. Dictionnaire **Title** *Dictionnaire* aide-mémoire de *botanique*... Paris (Paul Lechevalier) 1924 \[i.e. 1925\]. Oct. **Notes** *Editor*: "Révisée et corrigé après la mort de l'auteur par Mme Allorge-Gatin,...", i.e. Allorge, Valentine (née Selitzky) (1888-1977), whose second marriage in 1920 was to the botanist Pierre Allorge (1891-1944), see TL-2/1: 36-37 and Suppl. 1: 80-81; pref. by Perrot, Émile Constant (1867-1951), see TL-2/4: 174-175. *Illus*.: Garnier, Jacques (fl. 1924). *Publ*.: 30 Jul 1925 (p. xix signed Oct 1924), p. \[i\]-xix, \[1\]-847, \[1\], portr. *Copies*: BM (n.v.), LC (n.v.), NY, USDA. *Facsimile reprint*: 1965... Vaduz (Kraus Reprint Ltd.). *Copies*: MO, US.