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- 29 May 1890 (Creation)
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Charles Flahault was a French botanist, among the early pioneers of phytogeography, phytosociology, and forest ecology. Born in Bailleul, Nord, he received his Baccalauréat de Lettres in 1872, after which he became a gardener at the Jardin des Plantes de Paris. He entered the Sorbonne in 1874 obtaining his doctoral degree in 1878. He continued his studies at Uppsala University in 1879, then in 1881 joined the University of Montpellier where in 1883 he became professor of botany, and in 1890 he founded the Institut de Botanique. He resided in Montpellier until his death.
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Discusses the Centennial celebration organised by the University of Montpellier and attended by many of Patrick Geddes’ students. Mentions the creation of a Patronage Committee for Foreign Students at the University of Montpellier, composed by Mr. [Charles] Gide, Granet, Croiset, Soubeiran, Föex and himself. Thanks Geddes for sending him three numbers of the ‘Art Review’, with an article written by Anna Geddes, [Andrew John] Herbertson’s article and notes appeared in ‘The Student’. Thanks Geddes for agreeing to take part in their exhibition with plans of a students’ garden, and a plan of the Dundee Gardens. Mentions Miss Smith, the Dauriac family, Mr. Valery, Ph[illip] Sewell, Ernest Lavisse, and Mr. Ronzaud. Hopes Geddes has received the notice on the Botanical Institute and the journals he had sent. Announces the publication of a centennial volume. Mentions Scots College and the University of Montpellier.
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- French