Jules Amann Explained

Jean Jules Amann (8 March 1859, Lausanne  - 1 February 1939, Lausanne) was a Swiss pharmacist and botanist. He was a leading expert on mosses native to Switzerland.^[1]

Biography

He studied chemistry at the University of Lausanne and in 1883 earned his pharmacy diploma in Zürich. He then worked as a pharmacist in Rheinfelden and Zürich, and in 1886 he purchased the Englische Apotheke in Davos. In 1893 he returned to Lausanne,^[2] where he later taught classes in microscopy at the pharmacy school associated with the university. In 1901 he established his own research laboratory.^[1]

Published works

• Étude de la flore bryologique du Valais, 1899  - Study on the bryology of Valais.
• Flore des mousses de la Suisse, 1912 (with Charles Meylan and Paul Frédéric Culmann)  - Mosses of Switzerland.
• Bryogéographie de la Suisse, 1928  - Bryogeography of Switzerland.
• Etude des Muscinées du Massif de Naye. 1935  - Study on the mosses of Massif de Naye.^[3]

Notes and References

1. http://www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/d/D43149.php Ammann [Amann], Jules
2. http://www.herbarien.uzh.ch/static/database/sammlerdetails_en.php?id=7 Jean Jules Amann (8.3.1859 - 1.2.1939)
3. http://classify.oclc.org/classify2/ClassifyDemo?search-author-txt=%22Amann%2C+Jules%22 OCLC Classify