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Pierre Magnol (1638 - 1715) was a doctor and botanist who was one of the innovators of the current botanical scheme of classification. He became Professor of Botany at the Royal Garden of Montpellier. Events March 29 - Swedish colonists establish first settlement in Delaware, called New Sweden. ...
// Events September 1 - King Louis XIV of France dies after a reign of 72 years, leaving the throne of his exhausted and indebted country to his great-grandson Louis XV. Regent for the new, five years old monarch is Philippe dOrléans, nephew of Louis XIV. September - First of...
Botany is the scientific study of plant life. ...
Location within France Montpellier (Occitan Montpelhièr) is a city in the south of France. ...
The genus Magnolia is named after him. This article refers to the plant. ...
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Juvenals_in_Europe (2352 words) |
 | Pierre Jouvenel, the founder of this, the most ancient of the family lines, was a draper and merchant of Troyes, capital of the province of Champagne. |
| He married Antoinette-Catherine Magnol, daughter of Pierre Magnol, a high government official, and Catherine d'Ache. |
| This family is apparently descended from a Juvenal who leased the lands of the city monastery of Neoules in the XVI century. |
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