Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, Swiss botanist, mycologist, and academic (born 1778)

Augustin Pyramus de Candolle

Swiss botanist (1778–1841)

Augustin Pyramus de Candolle was a Swiss botanist. René Louiche Desfontaines launched de Candolle's botanical career by recommending him at a herbarium. Within a couple of years de Candolle had established a new genus, and he went on to document hundreds of plant families and…