Charles René Zeiller

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Prof Charles René Zeiller HFRSE (14 January 1847, in Nancy – 27 November 1915, in Paris) was a French mining engineer and paleobotanist.

Life[]

He studied at the École Polytechnique (1865–67) and at the École nationale supérieure des mines (1867–70), where from 1878 onward, he taught classes in paleobotany. In 1911 he was appointed vice-president of the Conseil général des mines.[1]

In 1881 he became a member of the Société botanique de France, later serving as its vice-president (1898) and president (1899 and 1904). In 1893 he was named president of the Société géologique de France and from 1901 to 1915, was a member of the Académie des Sciences (botanical section).[2]

The paleobotanical genera Zeilleria, Zeillerisporites and Zeilleropteris commemorate his name.[1]

Selected works[]

  • Végétaux fossiles du terrain houiller de la France, 1880.
  • Notes sur la flore bouillère des Asturies, 1882.
  • Flore fossile (with Bernhard Renault), 1888–89.[3]
  • Étude sur la constitution de l'appareil fructificateur des Sphenophyllum, 1893.
  • Éléments de paléobotanique, 1900.
  • Flore fossile des gîtes de charbon du Tonkin, 1902.[4]
The standard author abbreviation Zeiller is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b BHL Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications
  2. ^ Prosopo Sociétés savantes de France
  3. ^ SUDOC Flore fossile
  4. ^ OCLC Classify List of published works
  5. ^ IPNI.  Zeiller.

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