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### Author
Hamel, Gontran Georges Henri (1883-1944), French algologist; studied at Lille (lic.sc. 1912); connected with the oceanographic stations of the Muséum d'Histoire naturelle from 1918, from 1927 at its Laboratoire de Cryptogamie, Paris; died while trying to reach Paris by bicycle just before its liberation in August 1944.
**Abbreviated name**: *Hamel* \[standard form in IPNI: *Hamel*\]
#### Herbarium and types
[[Collection PC|PC]].
*Exsiccatae*:
- (1) *Algues de France*, fasc. 1-3, nos. 1-50; fasc. 4, nos. 151-200 issued by Mme. A. Hamel-Joukov. Fasc. 1: Dec 1929, 2: Feb 1930, 3: Jun 1931, 4: Oct 1959. Sets at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection DW|DW]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection PC|PC]], [[Collection WPS|WPS]] \[[[Collection WSP|WSP?]]\]. (100 sets published of fasc. 1).
- (2) *Algues des Antilles françaises*, collected by G. Hamel and A. Hamel-Joukov, 20 sets issued, fasc. 1-3, nos. 1-150, Paris 1931 (publ. late 1932). Sets at [[Collection B|B]], [[Collection BM|BM]], [[Collection C|C]], [[Collection FH|FH]], [[Collection L|L]], [[Collection MICH|MICH]], [[Collection NY|NY]], [[Collection PC|PC]].
*Ref*.: Sayre, G., Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 19: 76-77. 1969.
- Koster, J. T., Taxon 18: 553. 1969.
#### Bibliography and biography
Barnhart 2: 117; IH 2: 251; Kew 2: 565.
- Feldmann, J., Rev. algol. ser. 2. 1(1): 3-10. 1954 (portr., bibl.).
#### Eponymy
*Hamelella* F. Borgesen (1942).
### Publications
##### n.2335. Recherches sur les genres Acrochaetium Naeg. et Rhodochorton Naeg.
**Title**
Série A. No. 1120. No d'ordre 1971. Thèses présentées à la Faculté des Sciences de Paris pour obtenir le grade de docteur ès-sciences naturelles par Gontran Hamel. Ire Thèse. *Recherches sur les genres Acrochaetium Naeg. et Rhodochorton Naeg.* 2e Thèse... Soutenues le \[16, autogr.\] Décembre 1927,... Saint-Lo (Imprimerie R. Jacqueline...) 1927. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Rech. Acrochaetium*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Shortly before 16 Dec 1927, p. \[i-v\], \[1\]-117, \[1, thèse\]. *Copy*: FH.
##### n.2336. Chlorophycées des côtes françaises
**Title**
*Chlorophycées des côtes françaises* s.d.n.l. \[1930-1931\]. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Chlorophyc. côtes franç.*
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Reprint with independent pagination of a series of three papers in the Revue algologique.
\[1\]: 1930, p. \[1\]-54, Rev. algol. 5(1): \[1\]-54.
\[2\]: Jan 1931, p. \[57\]-104, *pl*. 5, Rev. algol. 5(3/4): 383-430.
\[3\]: 1931, p. 105-168, Rev. algol. 6(1): 9-73. preface material: \[i\]-xv, published with complete reprint (1931).
##### n.2337. Phéophycées de France
**Title**
*Phéophycées de France*. Paris 1931-1939. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Phéophyc. France*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: in five parts. *Copies*: FH, G, US.
*1*: 1931, p. \[1\]-80;
*2*: 1935, p. 81-176;
*3*: 1937, p. 177-240;
*4*: 1938, p. 241-336. 1938;
*5*: 1939, p. 337-431, \[432, expl. pl.\], \[i\]-xlvi, \[xlvii\[, *pl. 1-10.*
*Reprint*: 1975, Amsterdam, Holland (Linnaeus Press), as above, copy: NY.