Jean-Henri Magne Explained

Jean-Henri Magne (15 July 1804, Sauveterre-de-Rouergue  - 27 August 1885) was a French veterinarian. During his career, he worked as a professor at the École royale vétérinaire de Lyon and at the École nationale vétérinaire d'Alfort, where from 1846, he served as director.[1]

In 1836 he became a member of the Société linnéenne de Lyon, serving as its president in 1841/42. He was also a member of the Académie d'agriculture de France and the Académie vétérinaire de France, being chosen as its president in 1855.[1]

Published works

From 1848 to 1853, he was director of the agricultural journal, Le Moniteur agricole.[2] With mycologist Claude Casimir Gillet, he collaborated on Nouvelle flore française (1873), a botanical work that was issued over several editions. He was the author of the following writings:

Notes and References

  1. http://cths.fr/an/prosopo.php?id=106172 Sociétés savantes de France
  2. http://www.sudoc.abes.fr/DB=2.1/SRCH?IKT=12&TRM=116451076 Sudoc
  3. http://www.idref.fr/034806083 IDREF.fr