Meunier, Alphonse

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Name
Meunier, Alphonse Gender: M
Alphonse François Meunier
born on 15 April 1857 at 10:00 (= 10:00 AM )
Place Lessines, Belgium, 50n43, 3e50
Timezone LMT m3e50 (is local mean time)
Data source
Quoted BC/BR
Rodden Rating AA
Collector: Gauquelin
Astrology data s_su.18.gif s_aricol.18.gif 25°22' s_mo.18.gif s_capcol.18.gif 01°09 Asc.s_cancol.18.gif 21°04'



Biography

Belgian priest and botanist who specialized in anatomy, cytology and plant morphology, with a particular focus on the study of plankton. His major scientific work is the analysis and description of the planktonic samples collected by Louis Stappers during the Arctic expedition organized in 1907 by the Duke of Orleans aboard the Belgica. He died in Leuven on 19 February 1918, aged 60.

Link to Wikipedia biography (French)

Events

Source Notes

Grazia Bordoni's Science database quotes Gauquelin.

Categories

  • Vocation : Religion : Ecclesiastics/ western (Priest)
  • Vocation : Science : Biology