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André Thouin (10 February 1746 - 24 October 1824) was a French botanist who was born in Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
. He studied botany
Botany

Botany, plant science, phytology, or plant biology is a branch of biology and is the Scientific method of plant life and development....
 under Bernard de Jussieu
Bernard de Jussieu

Bernard de Jussieu was a France naturalist, younger brother of Antoine de Jussieu.Bernard de Jussieu was born in Lyon. He took a medicine degree at Montpellier and began practice in 1720, but finding the work uncongenial he gladly accepted his brother's invitation to Paris in 1722, when he succeeded Sebastien Vaillant as sub-demonstrator...
 (1699-1777). In 1793 Thouin attained the chair of horticulture
Horticulture

'Horticulture' is the industry and science of plant cultivation. Horticulturists work and conduct research in the disciplines of plant propagation and cultivation, Crop , plant breeding and genetic engineering, plant biochemistry, and plant physiology....
 at Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

The Mus?um national d'Histoire naturelle is the France national museum of natural history....
 in Paris. Thouin was a good friend of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence , and one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States for his promotion of the ideals of republicanism in the United States....
, and his younger brother Gabriel Thouin (1747-1829) was a noted landscape architect. He was also the Godfather of Jean Baptiste Lamarck's son Andre.

Thouin is remembered for his contributions made in the field of agronomy
Agronomy

Agronomy is the science and technology of using plants for food, fuel, feed, and fiber. Agronomy encompasses work in the areas of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, and soil science....
, and his scientific work concerning improved grafting
Grafting

Grafting is a method of asexual plant propagation widely used in agriculture and horticulture where the tissues of one plant are encouraged to fuse with those of another....
 techniques and seed selection.






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André Thouin (10 February 1746 - 24 October 1824) was a French botanist who was born in Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
. He studied botany
Botany

Botany, plant science, phytology, or plant biology is a branch of biology and is the Scientific method of plant life and development....
 under Bernard de Jussieu
Bernard de Jussieu

Bernard de Jussieu was a France naturalist, younger brother of Antoine de Jussieu.Bernard de Jussieu was born in Lyon. He took a medicine degree at Montpellier and began practice in 1720, but finding the work uncongenial he gladly accepted his brother's invitation to Paris in 1722, when he succeeded Sebastien Vaillant as sub-demonstrator...
 (1699-1777). In 1793 Thouin attained the chair of horticulture
Horticulture

'Horticulture' is the industry and science of plant cultivation. Horticulturists work and conduct research in the disciplines of plant propagation and cultivation, Crop , plant breeding and genetic engineering, plant biochemistry, and plant physiology....
 at Muséum national d'histoire naturelle
Muséum national d'histoire naturelle

The Mus?um national d'Histoire naturelle is the France national museum of natural history....
 in Paris. Thouin was a good friend of U.S. President Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States , the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence , and one of the most influential Founding Fathers of the United States for his promotion of the ideals of republicanism in the United States....
, and his younger brother Gabriel Thouin (1747-1829) was a noted landscape architect. He was also the Godfather of Jean Baptiste Lamarck's son Andre.

Thouin is remembered for his contributions made in the field of agronomy
Agronomy

Agronomy is the science and technology of using plants for food, fuel, feed, and fiber. Agronomy encompasses work in the areas of plant genetics, plant physiology, meteorology, and soil science....
, and his scientific work concerning improved grafting
Grafting

Grafting is a method of asexual plant propagation widely used in agriculture and horticulture where the tissues of one plant are encouraged to fuse with those of another....
 techniques and seed selection. He was also a pioneer conservationalist
Conservation movement

The conservation movement also known as nature conservation is a political, social and, to some extent, scientific movement that seeks to protect natural resources including plant and animal species as well as their habitat for the future....
, stressing the importance of replacing woodlands to compensate for their destruction due to human encroachment.

Selected publications

  • Description de l'École d'agriculture pratique du Muséum d'histoire naturelle (1814)
  • Manuel d'arboriculture. Manuel illustré de la culture, de la taille et de la greffe des arbres fruitiers.
  • Monographie des greffes, ou Description technique des diverses sortes de greffes employées pour la multiplication des végétaux. (1821)
  • Cours de culture et de naturalisation des végétaux (1827).