Benedict Balansa (1825-1891)
From: <bcampdvs@u.washington.edu>
Date: Fri, Jul 18, 2008 at 4:16 PM
To: vsg@u.washington.edu
Dear list,
Does anyone have a reference for a good source about the life of Benedict Balansa, the French botanist who died in Hanoi? I've only been able to find bits of his research on Paraguayan moss from the 1870s.
Many thanks.
B
Bradley C Davis
PhD Candidate
Department of History
University of Washington
Seattle
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From: Erica J. Peters <e-peters-9@alumni.uchicago.edu>
Date: 2008/7/18
To: bcampdvs@u.washington.edu, vsg@u.washington.edu
Hi Bradley,
>From the BN's catalog. (Note that Balansa published as "Benjamin Balansa" as well as Benedict.)
1) Auguste Chevalier, "L'oeuvre d'un grand botaniste colonial méconnu : Benjamin Balansa" in "Revue de botanique appliquée & d'agriculture tropicale", mai-juin 1942
2) Auteur(s) : Astre, Gaston
Titre(s) : Gaston Astre,... La Vie de Benjamin Balansa [Texte imprimé], botaniste explorateur
Publication : Toulouse, impr. de Douladoure frères ; Museum d'histoire naturelle, 1947. In-16 (185x120), 200 p., pl., portrait, fac-sim. [D.L. Impr.] -IVc3-VIIIe- .477.
Type : texte imprimé, monographie
Tolbiac - Rez-de-jardin - magasin 16- S- 502 (1) support : livre
Hope these are helpful.
Best,
Erica
Erica J. Peters
Asian Culinary Forum -- http://www.asianculinaryforum.org/
Culinary Historians of Northern California
Mountain View, CA