Jean Florimond Boudon de Saint-Amans

Jean Florimond Boudon de Saint-Amans (24 June 1748, Agen – 28 October 1831, Agen) was a French naturalist and antiquarian. He was the author of works involving agriculture, botany and antiquities.[1]

Jean Florimond Boudon de Saint-Amans

At the age of 18 he joined the infantry regiment of Vermandois, of which he participated in journeys to the Caribbean. In 1773, he left the military, married a wealthy heiress, and moved back to his hometown of Agen. In 1794 he became a member of the board of agriculture to the Ministry of the Interior, and two years later was appointed professor of natural history at Ecole centrale de Lot-et-Garonne.

From 1800 until his death in 1831, he served a president of the General Council of Lot-et-Garonne.[2]

Principal writings
  • Fragmens d'un voyage sentimental et pittoresque dans les Pyrénées ou Lettre écrite de ces montagnes, 1789 - Fragments from a journey in the Pyrenees, etc.
  • Philosophie entomologique : ouvrage qui renferme les généralités nécessaires pour s'initier dans l'étude des insectes, 1798 - Entomological philosophy : Work containing the general necessities to initiate the study of insects.
  • Description abrégée du département de Lot-et-Garonne, 1800 - Brief description of the department Lot-et-Garonne.
  • Voyage agricole, botanique et pittoresque, dans une partie des Landes de Lot et Garonne, et de celles de la Gironde, 1812 - Agricultural travels, botanical and picturesque, in parts of Landes, Lot-et-Garonne and Gironde.
  • Flore agenaise; ou, Description méthodique des plantes observées dans le département de Lot-et-Garonne et dans quelques parties des départemens voisins, 1821 - Flora of Agen or a methodical description of plants observed in the department of Lot-et-Garonne and in some parts of neighboring departments.
  • Essai sur les antiquités du département de Lot-et-Garonne, 1859 - Essay on antiquities in the department of Lot-et-Garonne.[3]

References
  1. Google Books The Universal Dictionary of Biography and Mythology, Vol. IV (in Four Volumes) by Joseph Thomas
  2. Garae Ethnopole (biography)
  3. WorldCat Identities (publications)
  4. IPNI.  St.-Amans.


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