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