> [!cite] BHL link: this entry starts at [page 70](https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/33333209) of TL-2 Vol. V > Author links: [IPNI](https://www.ipni.org/a/8959-1) LSID 8959-1, [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115525) QID Q115525 > Support pages: [[Abbreviations|abbreviations]], [[Layout key|layout key]], [[Cite TL-2|cite TL-2]] ### Author Saussure, Horace Bénédict de (1740-1799), Swiss (Genève) naturalist; professor of philosophy at Genève 1762-1786; travelled extensively in the Alps and other parts of Central and Southern Europe between 1758 and 1779, especially interested in geology and meteorology; ascended Mont Blanc 1787. **Abbreviated name**: *Saussure* \[standard form in IPNI: *Sauss.*\] #### Herbarium and types [[Collection G|G]] (see Briquet 1940); other material at [[Collection BM|BM]]. #### Bibliography and biography AG 3: 53; Backer p. 513; Barnhart 3: 215 (b. 17 Feb 1740, d. 22 Jan 1799); BM 4: 1812, 8: 1142; Bossert p. 350; CSP 5: 414, 18: 460; Dawson p. 733-734; DSB 12: 119-123. 1975 (A.V. Carozzi); Moebius p. 456; PR 8049-8050, ed. 1: 2105, 2474-2477, 9568; Quenstedt p. 376; Ratzeburg p. 450-451; Rehder 1: 129, 433; Saccardo 1: 147, 2: 97; Tucker 1: 625. #### Biofile - Anon., Brit. Mus. gen. cat. print. books 213: 624-626. 1964; Cat. gén. Bibl. natl. 163: 822-825; Encycl. brit. ed. 11. 24: 238. 1911; Grande diz. encicl. Utet. 16: 731-732. 1971; Great Soviet Encycl. 24: 199. 1980; Musées de Genève 163: 2-3. 1976; Nature 145: 254. 1940 (bicentenary); Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. 77(2): 36-37. 1949 (bicentenary birth). - Bord, B., Aesculape 1938 (Mai): 7-8. - Bouvier, L., H.B. de Saussure, sa vie, ses voyages et ses observations dans les Alpes-Annecy 1863, 60 p.; De Saussure, sa vie, ses voyages et observations dans les Alpes. Genève 1877, 134 p. - Briquet, J., Bull. Soc. bot. Suisse 50a: 423-425. 1940 (biogr., sources, further biogr. refs.). - Burkhardt, R.W., The spirit of system 209. 1977. - Candaux, J.D., Mus. Genève 164: 12-18. 1976. - Candolle, A.P. de, Mém. Soc. phys. Genève 5: 42. 1830 (bot. bibl.); Mém. souvenirs 36, 40, 301, 340, 517, 556, 571. 1862. - Cramer, M., Mus. Genève 163: 4-6. 1976. - Custom, C.G., Ann. med. Hist. 8: 86-87. 1926 (letter Bonnet to S. on Haller's death). - Cuvier, G., Éloge de H.B. de Saussure Paris, 1810, 16 p. - De Beer, G.R., Notes R. Soc. London 7: 264-267. 1950 (election to R. Soc.). - Deferne, J., Musées de Genève 162: 13-17. 1976 (S. as "géologue-voyageur"). - Dupont, S.E.P., Gazette Beaux-Arts 80: 225-230. 1972 (trip to Paris, 1768). - Forbes, R.S., Martinus van Marum 1: 395. 1969. - Freshfield, Douglas W., Horace Bénédict de Saussure avec la collaboration de Henry F. Montagnier, french transl. Genève 1924, 434 p. (biogr., portr) (Engl. original, Life of Horace Bénédict de Saussure, London, 1920, n.v.) (rev. G. Sarton, Isis 6: 64-71. 1924). - Harvey-Gibson, R.J., Outlines hist. bot. 274 \[index\]. 1914. - Huber, M., ed., Grosse Schweizer 371-379. s.d. - Ireland, N.O., Index to scientists of the world 537. 1962. - Jessen, K.F.W., Bot. Gegenw. Vorz. 322, 324, 335. 1884. - Lanterno, E., Mus. Genève 163: 18-22. 1976. - Lorenz, O. et al., Cat. gén. libr. franç. 6: 544. 1877, 10: 567. 1887, 115: 778-779. 1904, 26: 741. 1918, 32: 699. 1934. - Macaire, Bibl. univ. Genève ser. 2. 2(113): 102-139. 30 Jun 1845 (biogr. account; discussion of works). - Mägdefrau, K., Gesch. Bot. 86, 98. 1973. - Michaud, Biogr. univers. 38: 75-77. 1969 (reprint of 1864 ed.). - Miège, J., Saussurea 1: 5-7. 1970; Musées de Genève 163: 6-12. 1976 (on S. as a botanist, portr.). - Poggendorff, J.C., Biogr. lit. Handw.-Buch 2: 755. 1863, 4(2): 1309. 1904 (bibl.). - Schmid, G., Goethe u.d. Naturwiss. 568. 1900. - Secrétan, C., *in* M. Huber, ed., Grosse Schweizer 371-379. s.d. (biogr., portr.). - Senebier, J., Mém. hist. vie écrits H.B. Desaussure, Genève, an ix, 219 p. (general biography, mainly on ideas. few details). - Stieber, M.T. et al., Huntia 4(1): 86. 1981 (arch. mat. HU). - Wittrock, V.B., Acta Horti Berg. 3(2): 152. 1903, 3(3): 164. 1905. - Wolf, R., Biogr. Kulturgesch. Schweiz 4: 245-274. 1858. - Zischka, G.A., Allg. Gelehrt.-Lex. 568. 1961. - Zittel, K.A. von, Gesch. Geol. Paläont. 863 \[index\]. 1899; Hist. geol. palaeontol. 555 \[index\]. 1901. #### Handwriting Candollea 33: 165-166. 1978. #### Eponymy (genera): *Saussuria* Moench (1794, *nom. rej.*); *Saussurea* A.P. de Candolle (1810, *nom. cons.*, also honors N.T. Saussure, *q.v.*); *Saussurea* sect. *Benedictia* A.P. de Candolle (1837); (journal): *Saussurea*, travaux de la Société Botanique de Genève. Vol. 1-x, 1970-x (also honors N.T. Saussure, *q.v.*). ### Publications ##### n.10.352. Observations sur l'écorce des feuilles et pétales **Title** *Observations sur l'écorce des feuilles et pétales*. À Genève 1762. Duod. **Abbreviated title**: *Observ. écorce feuill.* **Notes** *Publ*.: 1762(p. x: 1 Nov 1762), p. \[i\]-xxiii, \[xxiv\], 1-102, \[103\]. *Copies*: C, G, MO, NSUB, NY. ##### n.10.353. Voyages dans les Alpes **Title** *Voyages dans les Alpes*, précédés d'un essai sur l'histoire naturelle des environs de Genève... Neuchatel (chez Samuel Fauche,...) 1779-1796. Qu. **Abbreviated title**: *Voy. Alpes*. **Notes** *Quarto ed*.: 1779-1796. *Copies*: G, PH. *1*: 1779 (p. xx: 28 Nov 1779; Saussure sent a copy to Joseph Banks on 4 Feb 1780), p. \[i\*-iv\*\], map, \[i\]-xxxvi, \[1\]-540, *pl. 1-8* (uncol. copp.). *2*: 1786 (p. iv: 4 Apr 1786), p. \[i\*-iii\*\], \[i\]-xvi, map, \[1\]-641, *pl. 1-6.* – Genève (chez Barde, Manget & Compagnie...). *3*: 1796, p. \[i\*-iii\*\], \[i\]-xx, \[1\]-532, \[533-534\], *pl. 1-2.* – Neuchatel (chez Samuel Louis Fauche-Borel). *4*: 1796, p. \[i-vi\], \[1\]-594, \[595-596\], *pl. 1-5.* – Neuchatel (id.). *Octavo ed*.: 1780-1796, 8 vols. *Copy*: PH. *1*: 1780, p. \[i\*-iii\*\], i-xxiv, map, \[1\]-367, *pl. 1.* *2*: 1780, p. \[1\]-893, *pl. 1-8.* *3*: 1786, p. \[i\*-iii\*\], \[i\]-iv, \[1\]-411, *1 pl*. *4*: 1786, p. \[i-iii\], \[1\]-484, *pl. 1-6.* *5*: 1796 (p. xiii: 20 Nov 1795), p. \[i\*\], \[i\]-xvi, \[1\]-496. *6*: 1796, p. \[i\], \[1\]-368, \[369-371\]. *7*: 1796, p. \[i\], \[1\]-528 \[529-531\]. *8*: 1796, p. \[i\], \[1\]-450, *pl. 1-5.* *German translation*: 4 parts, 1781-1788. *Copy*: NY. – "*Reisen durch die Alpen*, nebst einem Versuche über die Naturgeschichte der Gegenden von Genf. Aus dem Französischen übersetzt und mit Anmerkungen bereichert... Leipzig (bey Johann Friedrich Junius) 1781-1888. Oct. *1*: 1781 (p. iv: 14 Apr 1781), p. \[i\]-iv, map, \[v\]-xxvi, \[xxvii-xxviii\], \[1\]-298, *pl. 1-2.* *2*: 1781 (p. x: 2 Aug 1781), p. \[i\]-x, \[xi-xii\], \[1\]-327, *pl. 3-8.* *3*: 1787 (p. vii: 4 Apr 1786), p. \[i\]-iv, map, v-viii, \[1\]-310, *pl. 1-2.* *4*: 1788, p. \[i-iv\], \[1\]-433, *pl. 3-6.*