page_title: Michel Bégon (1638–1710)
hierarchical_section_title: Michel Bégon (1638–1710)
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Michel Bégon (1638-1710), intendant de marine à Rochefort. Portait anonyme, début du XVIIIème siècle, musée de la Marine.
context_page_description: Michel Bégon, known as Michel V Bégon or le Grand Bégon was a French ancien regime official. He was intendant de la marine at the port of Rochefort and intendant of the généralité of La Rochelle, as well as a passionate plant collector.
context_section_description: Michel Bégon, known as Michel V Bégon or le Grand Bégon (25 December 1638 in Blois – 14 March 1710 in Rochefort) was a French ancien regime official. He was intendant de la marine at the port of Rochefort and intendant of the généralité of La Rochelle, as well as a passionate plant collector (he met the naturalist Charles Plumier in the Antilles, and Plumier later named the begonia after him).
caption: Michel Bégon
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