Jules Cardot

Jules Cardot (18 August 1860 – 22 November 1934) was a French botanist and bryologist considered in his time one of the world's leading experts on the mosses of Antarctica.

Jules Cardot
Born18 August 1860 
Died22 November 1934  (aged 74)
Charleville (Ardennes) 
OccupationBotanist 
Spouse(s)Marie Cardot 
Awards
  • Chevalier of the Legion of Honour 
Signature

He was the son-in-law of botanist Louis Piré. His collection of herbarium specimens at his laboratories in Charleville was heavily looted and damaged during World War I. The French Academy of Sciences awarded the 1893 "Prix Montague" to Cardot for his work on mosses. Cardot named 40 genera and 1200 species.

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