Adolphe Theodore Brongniart

Adolphe Théodore Brongniart ( January 14 , 1801 - February 18 , 1876 ) was a French Botanist . He was the son of the geologist Alexandre Brongniart and grandson of the architect, Alexandre-Théodore Brongniart .

Brongniart's pioneering work on the relationships between extinct and existing plants has earned him the title of father of Paleobotany . His major work on plant fossils was his ''Histoire des végétaux fossiles'' (1828–37). In 1827 he published the first account of the development of Pollen .

Brongniart founded the ''Annales des Sciences Naturelles'' in 1824 with Jean Victoire Audouin and Jean-Baptiste Dumas . He also founded the Société Botanique De France in 1854 , and was its first president.

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