Paul Cruchet Explained

Paul Cruchet (25 September 1875, Montpreveyres  - 31 March 1964, Morges) was a Swiss mycologist who specialized in parasitic fungi. His father, Denis Cruchet (1847–1926), was a minister and amateur mycologist.

In 1906 his received his doctorate in sciences at the University of Lausanne, and afterwards worked as a secondary school teacher in Payerne (from 1906) and Morges (from 1922). In 1924/25 he was president of the Société Vaudoise Sciences Naturelles (SVSN).[1] [2]

Selected writings

Notes and References

  1. http://www.e-periodica.ch/cntmng?var=true&pid=bsv-002:1965-1967:69::69 Notice nécrologique : Paul Cruchet (1875-1964)
  2. http://www.swissbryophytes.ch/content/fr/geschichte-der-bryologie/bryologen?personen_id=537 Paul Cruchet
  3. http://www.cybertruffle.org.uk/cgi-bin/bibquery.pl?author=cruchet,%20p. Cyberliber