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Philippe-Isidore Picot de Lapeyrouse

Philippe-Isidore Picot de Lapeyrouse is a science 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 Philippe-Isidore Picot de Lapeyrouse rather than just read about it. In short: Philippe-Isidore Picot de Lapeyrouse or La Peirouse, Baron de Lapeyrouse (20 October 1744 in Toulouse – 18 October 1818 in château de Lapeyrouse, Haute-Garonne) was a French naturalist. He was particularly interested in the flora and fauna of the Pyrenees.

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Reference excerpt

Philippe-Isidore Picot de Lapeyrouse or La Peirouse, Baron de Lapeyrouse (20 October 1744 in Toulouse – 18 October 1818 in château de Lapeyrouse, Haute-Garonne) was a French naturalist. He was particularly interested in the flora and fauna of the Pyrenees. After the revolution, he became the first professor of natural history in Toulouse and his collections, from 1796, were housed in the former Carmelite Monastery of Toulouse which went on to become the Muséum de l'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse. In 1782 he was elected a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. In 1800 he was mayor of Toulouse. The genus Lapeirousia in the family Iridaceae was named after him by his friend Pierre André Pourret, and not, as is sometimes erroneously stated, after the French mariner, Jean-François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse.

Works Mémoires d'histoire naturelle : Description de quelques crystallisations. Histoire naturelle du Lagopède. Description de quelques plantes des Pyrénées (1774-1778) Mémoire sur la mortalité des ormes dans les environs de Toulouse (1787) Figures de la flore des Pyrénées, avec des descriptions (1795) (available for download) Tables méthodiques des mammifères et des oiseaux observés dans le département de la Haute-Garonne (an VII) Histoire abrégée des plantes des Pyrénées et Itinéraire des botanistes dans ces montagnes (1813) Considérations sur les lycées, surtout par rapport aux départements (1815) Imprimé par le Conseil général de la Haute-Garonne et envoyé aux députés. Supplément à l'Histoire abrégée des plantes des Pyrénées (1818) Extraits de sa correspondance avec D. Villars (1861)

Bibliography Pierre Raymond, Essai de zoologie, soutenu le 7 fructidor, an X. Thèse sous la présidence de Picot-Lapeyrouse.

References

External links Stafleu, F.A. & Cowan, R.S. 1979. Stafleu, Frans Antonie (1979). Taxonomic literature : a selective guide to botanical publications and collections with dates, commentaries and types Vol 2, Authors H-Le. Vol. 2. ISBN 9789031302246. Retrieved 30 May 2018.

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Worked examples

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Example 3 — an exam-style question

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Applications of Philippe-Isidore Picot de Lapeyrouse

In research: Philippe-Isidore Picot de Lapeyrouse appears in science 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 Philippe-Isidore Picot de Lapeyrouse 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: Philippe-Isidore Picot de Lapeyrouse is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics 1744 births, 1818 deaths, 18th-century French botanists, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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