page_title: Joseph-François Soleirol
hierarchical_section_title: Joseph-François Soleirol
caption_attribution_description: English: Justin-Francois de Soleilrol (*Verdun 1781-Metz*1863),Chevalier du Ordre Royal de Saint-Louis (1820)Oficier du Légion d´Honneur (1839) ,Polytechnicien, militaire, géologue, botaniste, archéologue, numismate, musicologue, poète, chef de bataillon du génie, professeur de constructions/Ecole d'application Artillerie et Génie. Grandfather of Alexandrine Marie Henriette de Soleilrol, mother of Henriette Husson, wife of Paul Chastelain.
context_page_description: Joseph-François Soleirol was a French army engineer and amateur botanist.
  From 1800 he studied at the École Polytechnique, then embarked on a military career in which he attained the rank of captain in 1807. Later on, he served as an instructor at the École d'application de l'artillerie et du genie in Metz. In 1841 he became a member of the Académie royale de Metz.
  In the field of botany he collected numerous plant specimens in Lorraine and has historically been given credit for extensive collections actually made by his younger brother, Henri-Augustin in Corsica, where he spent much of his career, also a military engineer. The plant genus Soleirolia commemorates his name, as do species with the epithet of soleirolii. In 1843 he was co-founder of the Société d'horticulture in Metz. He also had a passion for music, and served as director of the Société philharmonique de Metz.
context_section_description: Joseph-François Soleirol (13 July 1781 in Verdun – 5 March 1853 in Metz) was a French army engineer and amateur botanist.
  From 1800 he studied at the École Polytechnique, then embarked on a military career in which he attained the rank of captain in 1807. Later on, he served as an instructor at the École d'application de l'artillerie et du genie (School of artillery and engineering) in Metz. In 1841 he became a member of the Académie royale de Metz.
  In the field of botany he collected numerous plant specimens in Lorraine and has historically been given credit for extensive collections actually made by his younger brother, Henri-Augustin (1792–1860) in Corsica, where he spent much of his career, also a military engineer. The plant genus Soleirolia (Gaudich.; family Urticaceae) commemorates his name, as do species with the epithet of soleirolii. In 1843 he was co-founder of the Société d'horticulture in Metz. He also had a passion for music, and served as director of the Société philharmonique de Metz.
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