Jean-Marie Gonod
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Jean-Marie Gonod was a French rosarian.

Jean-Marie Gonod was born on January 6, 1827 in Crottet
Crottet
Crottet is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.-Population:...

, Ain
Ain
Ain is a department named after the Ain River on the eastern edge of France. Being part of the region Rhône-Alpes and bordered by the rivers Saône and Rhône, the department of Ain enjoys a privileged geographic situation...

 department, France
France
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. He started working in 1843 as a gardener apprentice at the chateau of Beauregard, Ain
Beauregard, Ain
Beauregard is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.-History:Beauregard takes its name from the castle built in 1290 by Gui de Chabeu on a hill overlooking the Saône and the hills of Beaujolais. The castle fell into ruin in about 1735...

, In 1846 he moved to Lyon to complete his skills at the gardens of M. Crozy.

In 1848 he was appointed chief-gardener at the château de l’Aumus near Mâcon
Mâcon
Mâcon is a small city in central France. It is prefecture of the Saône-et-Loire department, in the region of Bourgogne, and the capital of the Mâconnais district. Mâcon is home to over 35,000 residents, called Mâconnais.-Geography:...

 and in 1853 he worked in the same position at the château de Saint-Clément-les-Mâcon.

In 1857 he started working for the Parc de la Tête d’Or in Lyon
Lyon
Lyon , is a city in east-central France in the Rhône-Alpes region, situated between Paris and Marseille. Lyon is located at from Paris, from Marseille, from Geneva, from Turin, and from Barcelona. The residents of the city are called Lyonnais....

, under the leadership of Dominique Collet. Here he started working as a rosarian, producing his first cultivars in 1863.

Jean Marie Gonod died in Monplaisir-Lyon on March 12, 1888.
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