Jean da Montesquieu secondat
French naturalist
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| Intro | French naturalist | ||||
| A.K.A. | Secondat | ||||
| A.K.A. | Secondat | ||||
| Places | France | ||||
| was | Scientist Botanist Agronomist | ||||
| Work field | Science | ||||
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| Birth | 1716 | ||||
| Death | 1796 (aged 80 years) | ||||
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Biography
Jean-Baptiste de Secondat baron de La Brède (12 February 1716 – 17 June 1796) was an 18th-century French naturalist botanist, and agronomist. He was the eldest son of Charles de Secondat Montesquieu, Baron de La Brède (1689–1755) and Jeanne Catherine de Lartigue (1689–1770).
Some publications
The standard author abbreviation Secondat is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.
Books
- 1749: Considérations sur le commerce et la navigation de la Grande-Bretagne, by Joshua Gee, translated from English
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Eponimous
- (Fagaceae) Quercus secondatii