astronomy

Lucien Leon Hauman

Lucien Leon Hauman is a astronomy topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Lucien Leon Hauman rather than just read about it. In short: Lucien Leon Hauman-Merck (8 July 1880, in Ixelles – 16 September 1965, in Brussels) was a Belgian botanist who studied and collected plants in South America and Africa. He received his education in Gembloux, and afterwards relocated to Argentina, where he obtained a position in the department of agronomy and veterinary medicine at the University of Buenos Aires.

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Reference excerpt

Lucien Leon Hauman-Merck (8 July 1880, in Ixelles – 16 September 1965, in Brussels) was a Belgian botanist who studied and collected plants in South America and Africa. He received his education in Gembloux, and afterwards relocated to Argentina, where he obtained a position in the department of agronomy and veterinary medicine at the University of Buenos Aires. From 1904 to 1925, he taught classes in botany, plant pathology and agricultural microbiology at the university. In 1910, he laid the foundations for its botanical garden. In Argentina he conducted important phytogeographical research, and he also performed plant collection duties that involved excursions to Paraguay, Chile and Uruguay. In 1927, he returned to Europe, where from 1928 to 1949, he served as a professor of botany at the Free University of Brussels. During this time period, he studied African flora, about which, he collected numerous plants in the Belgian Congo. In 1949, he returned to Argentina as an honorary professor at the University of Buenos Aires. The "Jardín Botánico Lucien Hauman" at the university is named in his honor. The genera Haumania (J.Léonard, 1949) and Haumaniastrum (P.A.Duvign. et Plancke, 1959) commemorate his name, as do species with the epithet of haumanii.

Honours 1932: Commander in the Order of Leopold.

Selected works Note préliminaire sur les Hordeum spontanés de la flore Argentine Catalogue des phanérogames de l'Argentine, 1917 – Catalog of phanerogams native to Argentina. La végétation des hautes cordillères de Mendoza, 1918 – Vegetation of the high Cordillera of Mendoza. Le végétation de l'île de Martín García dans le Río de la Plata, 1925 – Vegetation of Martín García Island in the Rio de Plata. La vegetacion de la Argentina, 1947 – Vegetation of Argentina.

References

External links Data related to Lucien Leon Hauman at Wikispecies

"Hauman, Lucien Leon". Missouri Botanical Garden. Retrieved 2008-05-06. Inter-American Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Asociación Latinoamericana de Fitotecnia, Las Ciencias agrícolas en América Latina: progreso y futuro.

Worked examples

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Example 2 — changing one variable

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Lucien Leon Hauman ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Lucien Leon Hauman

In research: Lucien Leon Hauman appears in astronomy research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Lucien Leon Hauman in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Lucien Leon Hauman is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1880 births, 1965 deaths, 20th-century Belgian botanists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Lucien Leon Hauman outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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