Joseph Arnaud Charles Gaillardot (20 September 1814, in Lunéville – August 1883, in Bhamdoun) was a French physician and naturalist.
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| Born | 20 September 1814  |
| Died | 17 August 1883 (aged 68) |
In 1837 he was named professor of natural history at the medical school in Cairo, and later on in his career, spent more than twenty years as a physician at a military hospital in Sidon. In 1863 he became a health specialist in Alexandria, then in 1875 was appointed director of the Cairo medical school.[1][2]
In addition to his medical duties, he conducted botanical, zoological, geological and archaeological research in Egypt and the Middle East.[3][2] The snail genus Gaillardotia (Bourguignat, 1877; family Neritidae) honors his name, as do species with epithet of gaillardotii,[4] an example being Echinops gaillardotii (Gaillardot's globe-thistle). His Herbier de Syrie became part of the "Herbarium Haussknecht", now located at the University of Jena. In 1854 he became a member of Société botanique de France.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Gaillardot, Joseph Arnaud Charles Sociétés savantes de France
- ^ a b Gaillardot, (Joseph-Arnaud) Charles (1814-1883) JSTOR Global Plants
- ^ Dead Sea Level: Science, Exploration and Imperial Interests in the Near East by Haim Goren
- ^ Biographical Etymology of Marine Organism Names. G
- ^ International Plant Names Index. Gaill.