Paul Mouterde
French naturalist
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Paul Mouterde (1892– 14 January 1972) was a French Jesuit missionary and naturalist,[1] and the director of the Oriental Library at the Saint Joseph University of Beirut.[2]
Paul Mouterde | |
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Picture of Paul Mouterde, taken on 6 May 1967 in Beirut. | |
| Born | |
| Died | Bruyères |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany, Zoology, Ethnology |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Mouterde |
He published two previously unknown homilies of fifth-century Syriac poet-theologian Jacob of Serugh,[3] and multiple works on Levantine flora, including a three-volume work on the flora of Lebanon and Syria.[4][5][6]
Early life
Paul Mouterde was born in 1862 in Bruyères, in the French Department of Vosges. His father was Professor of Law at the Catholic University of Lyon.[7]
Selected works
- Petite flore des environs de Beyrouth (1935)
- La Flore du Djebel Druze (1953)
- Deux homélies inédites de Jacques de Saroug (1944)
- Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie (1966–1978)