Note 35 — Chapter III · Development of the Natural System under the Influence of the Dogma of the Constancy of Species. 1759-1850.
Henry E. F. (Henry Edward Fowler) Garnsey translation
A. L. de Jussieu, born at Lyons, came to Paris to his uncle Bernard in 1765. In 1790 he was a member of the Municipality, and till 1792 Superintendent of Hospitals. When the Annales du Museum were founded in 1802, he resumed his botanical pursuits. In 1826 his son Adrien took his place at the Museum. See his life by Brougniart in the ‘Annales des Sciences Naturelles,’ vii (1837).