Désiré Georges Jean Marie Bois (1856 to 1946) was a French botanist, horticulturist and agronomist, born in Granville and dying in Saint-Mandé. From 1920 to 1932 he held the chair of horticulture at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, led several scientific excursions, including trips to Haute-Savoie in 1922 and to Belgium and the Netherlands in 1932, and taught at the École Nationale de la France d'Outre-Mer. He belonged to numerous scientific societies, was a member of the Académie des sciences coloniales from 1925, and was president of the Société botanique de France in 1920 and again in 1931. His writings include the Dictionnaire d'horticulture (1893 to 1899) and Le petit jardin, a practical manual of horticulture (1919).
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9 October 1856, in Granville
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2 February 1946, in Saint-Mandé
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was a French botanist, horticulturist and agronomist
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was a French botanist, horticulturist and agronomist
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From 1920 to 1932 he was chair of horticulture
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