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- Pierre Richer de Belleval was a French botanist born in 1564 in Châlons-sur-Marne and died in November 17 1632 in Montpellier. He is considered the father of scientific botany. His father was N. Richer or Richier. He first went to Montpellier to study medicine in 1584, but ended up receiving his MD from Avignon in 1587. In 1587, immediately after completing his M.D. , Belleval married the daughter of a deceased seigneur de Prades (who had enriched himself by trade and purchased the estate) near Montpellier. There was a considerable dowry, and it is clear that this personal estate helped to support Belleval throughout his life. Between 1587 and 1593 he practiced medicine in Avignon (and possibly Comtat) and then in Pezenas. His services towards the people of Pezenas during an epidemic disorder, brought him under the protection of the governor of Languedoc, Henri de Montmorency. Then, Henry IV of France appointed Belleval as his personal physician (although he remained in Montpellier and was not at the court). Belleval also served as a personal physician of Louis XIII of France. There are documented financial favors that he received from Henry. In 1593 he was appointed to the new royal chair of anatomy and botanical studies of Montpellier. Two years later, in 1595, he received his doctorate in medicine in Montpellier. In 1593 Henry IV of France asked him to create a botanical garden in Montpellier following the model of the gardens created in Padoua in 1545. Belleval devoted all of his time and money to the Jardin des plantes de Montpellier, which was the first botanical garden in France. The garden contained the King's Garden (medicinal plants), the Queen's Garden (mountain plants from Languedoc and elsewhere) and the King's Square (plants of purely botanical interest). The goal was to have a garden for conducting experiments related to both medicine and agriculture. Unfortunately, a civil war and a siege of the city destroyed the garden in 1622 and Pierre Richer de Belleval had to recreate the garden from scratch and continued working on this until his death. His nephew accomplished the re-establishment of the garden on a more extensive scale. Richer de Belleval published a catalog of the garden in 1598 and a French treatise in 1605, recommending an inquiry into the native plants of Languedoc. This last was accompanied by five plates, intended as a specimen of a future work, for which he subsequently prepared a number of engravings, rude and stiff in execution but exhibiting many rare species. He did not live to publish these and the plates remained neglected in the bands of his family. The plates were finally published much later, in 1796 after Gillibert obtained the plates. The pamphlets were republished in 1785 by Broussonet.
- Pierre Richer de Belleval war ein französischer Botaniker und Mediziner. Sein offizielles botanisches Autorenkürzel lautet „Rich. Bell. “.
- Pierre Richer de Belleval fue un botánico francés.
- Pierre Richer de Belleval est un botaniste français, né vers 1555 à Châlons-en-Champagne et mort le 17 novembre 1632 à 77 ans à Montpellier. Il est le fondateur du jardin des plantes de Montpellier. Il vient suivre des cours de médecine à l'université de Montpellier en 1584 et assiste aux cours de Guillaume Rondelet (1507-1566). Le 20 avril 1595 il obtient son titre de docteur auprès de la faculté de Montpellier. En 1593, Henri IV lui confie la création d'un jardin botanique à Montpellier suivant le modèle de celui de Padoue créé vers 1545. Le projet de Richer prend rapidement de l'ampleur et ne se limite pas à la culture des simples. Il en publie le catalogue, Onomatologia in Hirti Montispeti en 1598. Malheureusement, les guerres de religions qui ravagent la région anéantissent également son jardin lors du siège de la ville en 1622. À l'âge de 60 ans, Richer de Belleval doit tout reprendre à zéro. Il enseigne l'anatomie et la botanique à Montpellier et a le titre de médecin du roi sous Henri IV et Louis XIII. Il publie en 1603 Recherches des plantes du Languedoc. Son œuvre écrite n'a guère eu plus de chance. Il avait formé le projet de réaliser une grande flore du Languedoc. Pour cela, il avait fait réaliser environ 500 gravures sur cuivre (et non sur bois comme c'était la pratique à l'époque) qui étaient accompagnées d'un texte descriptif. Mais il meurt avant d'en avoir assuré l'édition. Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, en visite à Montpellier, finit par les découvrir dans un grenier. Plus tard le botaniste lyonnais Jean-Emmanuel Gilibert achète 300 plaques d'authenticité incertaine qu'il retrouve chez un libraire de Montpellier. Il part alors en Pologne et les emporte avec lui. Il en fait paraître 282 dans son ouvrage Démonstrations de botanique de 1796 mais en modifiant considérablement le texte de Belleval. Lorsqu'il revient en France, Gilibert perd une partie des plaques. Finalement, un botaniste de la région retrouve 459 plaques originales qui sont aujourd'hui conservées par l'Institut de botanique de Montpellier et, bien plus tard, 50 autres plaques seront encore retrouvées.
- Pierre Richer de Belleval foi um botânico francês.
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