Louis Corbière

Louis Corbière
Born	François Marie Louis Corbière 10 May 1850 Champsecret
Died	3 January 1941 (1941-01-04) (aged 90) Cherbourg
Known for	botanist and mycologist

François Marie Louis Corbière (10 May 1850, Champsecret – 3 January 1941, Cherbourg) was a French botanist and mycologist.

He worked as a school teacher in the town of Sées, followed by similar duties in Argentan (1869). In 1882 he became a professor of sciences at the lycée in Cherbourg. Here he worked as a conservator at the city's natural history museum and as scientific director of the Parc Emmanuel-Liais.

In 1907 he became a member of the Société botanique de France, and for a period of time, served as president of the Société d'horticulture de Cherbourg. He was also a member of the Société des sciences naturelles de Cherbourg and the Société linnéenne de Normandie.

Principal works

• Muscinées du département de la Manche, 1889 – Mosses native to the department of Manche
• Nouvelle flore de Normandie contenant la description des plantes qui croissent spontanément ou sont cultivées en grand dans les départements de La Seine-Inférieure, L'Eure, le Calvados, L'Orne & La Manche, 1893 – New flora of Normandy containing descriptions of native plants and those cultivated on a large-scale in the departments of Seine-Inférieure, Eure, Calvados, Orne and Manche
• Muscinées du Département du Var, 1921 – Mosses native to the department of Var
• Champignons de la Manche, 1929 – Mushrooms native to Manche.

External links

• Works by or about Louis Corbière at the Internet Archive