Jean-Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent

Jean-Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent
Jean-Baptiste Bory de Saint-Vincent
Born	6 July 1778; Agen, Kingdom of France
Died	22 December 1846 (aged 68); Paris, Kingdom of France
Rank	Colonel (1814)
Commands held	Scientific Expeditions: In the African Oceans (1800); Expedition of Morea (1829); Expedition in Algeria (1839);
Battles/wars	French Revolutionary Wars; Napoleonic Wars
Awards	Chevalier of the Legion of Honor (1811); Officer of the Legion of Honor (1831)
Other work	Naturalist; Geographer; Botanist; Volcanologist; Correspondent of the National Museum of Natural History; Member of the French Academy of Sciences; Deputy: Chamber of the Hundred-Days (15 May-13 July 1815); Chamber of the July Monarchy (5 July-19 August 1831);

Jean-Baptiste Geneviève Marcellin Bory de Saint-Vincent was a French naturalist, officer and politician. He was born on 6 July 1778 in Agen (Lot-et-Garonne) and died on 22 December 1846 in Paris. Biologist and geographer, he was particularly interested in volcanology, systematics and botany. The standard author abbreviation Bory is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.

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