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Jacquemont, Victor (1801-32). French botanist and geologist. This liberal intellectual was a friend and correspondent of Stendhal and Mérimée, and frequented the literary salons of the Restoration. In 1828 he embarked upon a scientific expedition to India on behalf of the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle. His Voyage dans l'Inde appeared posthumously in 1841-4.
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Victor Jacquemont (1801-1832) was a French botanist and geologist.
Born in Paris on August 8, 1801, Victor Jacquemont was the youngest of four sons of Venceslas Jacquemont and Rose Laisné.
Jacquemont traveled to India in 1828, and remained there for the rest of his life. He visited Amber in Rajputana, met with the Sikh Emperor Ranjit Singh at his capital of Lahore, and visited the kingdom of Ladakh in the Himalaya. He also visited Bardhaman (Burdwan) in Bengal in November 1829. He died of disease in Bombay on December 7, 1832.
Several plants are named for him, including Acacia jacquemontii, the Himalayan White Birch (Betula jacquemontii), the Indian Tree Hazel (Corylus jacquemontii), Afghan Cherry (Prunus jacquemontii), and the cobra lily or Jack in the pulpit (Arisaema jacquemontii).
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