André and François André Michaux
By: Henry Savage, Jr. and Elizabeth J. Savage.
Contributors: Savage, Elizabeth J., 1908-
Publisher: University Press of Virginia
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Charlottesville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 435
Subjects: Michaux, André, 1746-1802; Michaux, François André, 1770-1855; Botanists -- United States -- Biography; Botanists -- France -- Biography; Botany -- United States -- History
Description: This biography covers André and François André Michaux, two of the most significant figures in the botanical history of the United States and France. During their lives, spanning the latter half of the eighteenth century to the first half of the nineteenth, this father and son made remarkable contributions to the advancement of botany, horticulture, and forestry.
Notes: Bibliography: p. [411]-420.
Includes index.