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Farges, Paul Guillaume (1814-1912)
Date Updated: 19 April 2013
Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Paul Guillaume
Last name
Farges
Initials
P.G.
Life Dates
1814 - 1912
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
P (main), A, AAU, B, BM, E, F, G, G-DC, HAST, IBSC, K, KUN, L, MO, PC, PE, STR, TNM
Countries
Chinese region: China
Biography
French missionary Père Paul Guillaume Farges made collections of plants in north-east Sichuan, China.
Farges came to China about the same time as fellow missionary and botanical collector J.M. Delavay, in 1867. He is not known to have collected before 1892, however, at which time he was stationed at Chengkou in north-east Sichuan. A poverty-stricken region, Farges worked hard to organise relief for the local inhabitants as well as botanising in his spare time. He remained in these mountains until 1903, during which time he gathered nearly 4,000 species. Among these were Rhododendron fargesii Franch., Decaisnea fargesii Franch. (both named in his honour) and Carrierea calycina Franch.
Farges was later appointed almoner to the hospital in Chongqing and gave up colecting. He died there in 1912.
Sources:
J.H. Barnhart, 1965, Biographical Notes Upon Botanists, 1: 526
E. Bretschneider, 1898, History of European Botanical Discoveries In China: 912
E.H.M. Cox, 1945, Plant Hunting in China: 119
F.C. Stern, 1944, "The Discoveries of the Great French Missionaries in Central and Western China", Proceedings of the Linnean Society, 156(1): 19.
Farges came to China about the same time as fellow missionary and botanical collector J.M. Delavay, in 1867. He is not known to have collected before 1892, however, at which time he was stationed at Chengkou in north-east Sichuan. A poverty-stricken region, Farges worked hard to organise relief for the local inhabitants as well as botanising in his spare time. He remained in these mountains until 1903, during which time he gathered nearly 4,000 species. Among these were Rhododendron fargesii Franch., Decaisnea fargesii Franch. (both named in his honour) and Carrierea calycina Franch.
Farges was later appointed almoner to the hospital in Chongqing and gave up colecting. He died there in 1912.
Sources:
J.H. Barnhart, 1965, Biographical Notes Upon Botanists, 1: 526
E. Bretschneider, 1898, History of European Botanical Discoveries In China: 912
E.H.M. Cox, 1945, Plant Hunting in China: 119
F.C. Stern, 1944, "The Discoveries of the Great French Missionaries in Central and Western China", Proceedings of the Linnean Society, 156(1): 19.
References
Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. E-H (1957): 190;
Date Updated: 19 April 2013
Herbarium
Natural History Museum (BM)
Collection
Plant Collectors
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Contributor
Natural History Museum (BM)
First name(s)
Paul Guillaume
Last name
Farges
Initials
P.G.
Life Dates
1814 - 1912
Specification
Plant collector
Groups collected
Spermatophytes
Organisation(s)
P (main), A, AAU, B, BM, E, F, G, G-DC, HAST, IBSC, K, KUN, L, MO, PC, PE, STR, TNM
Countries
Chinese region: China
Biography
French missionary Père Paul Guillaume Farges made collections of plants in north-east Sichuan, China.
Farges came to China about the same time as fellow missionary and botanical collector J.M. Delavay, in 1867. He is not known to have collected before 1892, however, at which time he was stationed at Chengkou in north-east Sichuan. A poverty-stricken region, Farges worked hard to organise relief for the local inhabitants as well as botanising in his spare time. He remained in these mountains until 1903, during which time he gathered nearly 4,000 species. Among these were Rhododendron fargesii Franch., Decaisnea fargesii Franch. (both named in his honour) and Carrierea calycina Franch.
Farges was later appointed almoner to the hospital in Chongqing and gave up colecting. He died there in 1912.
Sources:
J.H. Barnhart, 1965, Biographical Notes Upon Botanists, 1: 526
E. Bretschneider, 1898, History of European Botanical Discoveries In China: 912
E.H.M. Cox, 1945, Plant Hunting in China: 119
F.C. Stern, 1944, "The Discoveries of the Great French Missionaries in Central and Western China", Proceedings of the Linnean Society, 156(1): 19.
Farges came to China about the same time as fellow missionary and botanical collector J.M. Delavay, in 1867. He is not known to have collected before 1892, however, at which time he was stationed at Chengkou in north-east Sichuan. A poverty-stricken region, Farges worked hard to organise relief for the local inhabitants as well as botanising in his spare time. He remained in these mountains until 1903, during which time he gathered nearly 4,000 species. Among these were Rhododendron fargesii Franch., Decaisnea fargesii Franch. (both named in his honour) and Carrierea calycina Franch.
Farges was later appointed almoner to the hospital in Chongqing and gave up colecting. He died there in 1912.
Sources:
J.H. Barnhart, 1965, Biographical Notes Upon Botanists, 1: 526
E. Bretschneider, 1898, History of European Botanical Discoveries In China: 912
E.H.M. Cox, 1945, Plant Hunting in China: 119
F.C. Stern, 1944, "The Discoveries of the Great French Missionaries in Central and Western China", Proceedings of the Linnean Society, 156(1): 19.
References
Lanjouw, J. & Stafleu, F.A., Index Herb. Coll. E-H (1957): 190;
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