Jean-François Séguier Explained

Jean-François Séguier (in French pronounced as /ʒɑ̃ fʁɑ̃swa segje/; 25 November 1703  - 1 September 1784) was a French archaeologist, epigraphist, astronomer and botanist from Nîmes.

He studied law in Montpellier, during which time, he developed a passion for botany. He was a friend and collaborator to Scipio Maffei, with whom he took an extended scientific tour throughout Europe (1732–36).^[1] In 1755 he became a member of the Académie de Nîmes, serving as its secrétaire perpétuel from 1765 to 1784. In 1772 he became a member of the Académie royale des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres.^[2]

The plant genus Seguieria (family Petiveriaceae, Loefl., 1758) commemorates his name,^[3] as do the botanical species Ranunculus seguieri (Vill., 1779), Euphorbia seguieriana (Neck., 1770),^[4] and Dianthus seguieri (Vill., 1779).^{[5] [6] [7]}

Published works

His written works include a detailed description of the flora in the vicinity of Verona, titled Latin: Plantae Veronenses, seu Stirpium quae in agro Veronensi repriuntur (3 volumes 1745–54).^[8] Other noted works associated with Séguier are:

• Bibliotheca botanica, sive, Catalogus auctorum et librorum omnium qui de re botanica, de medicamentis ex vegetabilibus paratis, de re rustica, & de horticultura tractant, 1740. Séguier's Bibliotheca botanica includes Ovidio Montalbani's Bibliotheca botanica as an appendix.
• Book: Bibliotheca botanica. Jean Neaulme. Den Haag. 1740. la.
• Book: Plantae veronenses. 1. Tipografia del Seminario. Verona. 1745. la.
• Book: Plantae veronenses. 2. Tipografia del Seminario. Verona. 1745. la.
• Dissertation sur l'ancienne inscription de la Maison-carrée de Nismes, 1759  - Dissertation on the ancient inscriptions of the Maison Carrée in Nîmes.
• Jean-François Séguier, Pierre Baux, lettres : 1733-1756.^[9]

Notes and References

1. http://www.annales.org/archives/cofrhigeo/poissons-petrifies.html Jean GAUDANT Les poissons pétrifiés du Monte Bolca
2. http://www.cths.fr/an/prosopo.php?id=2608# SEGUIER Jean-François
3. Web site: Seguieria Loefl. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 16 March 2021 . en.
4. Web site: Ranunculus seguieri Vill. Plants of the World Online Kew Science . Plants of the World Online . 12 December 2021 . en.
5. http://www.nemausensis.com/Nimes/SeguierNaturaliste.htm Jean-François Séguier, un naturaliste nimois
6. http://www.actaplantarum.org/flora/flora_info.php?id=3093 Euphorbia seguieriana Neck.
7. Web site: Plants of the World Online: Dianthus seguieri, Vill. . 2021-04-13 . Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew .
8. https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/404953873 Plantae veronenses
9. http://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n86-839657/ Most widely held works by Jean-François Séguier