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Jean Pierre François Camille Montagne | |
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| Born | (1784-02-15)February 15, 1784 |
| Died | December 5, 1866(1866-12-05) (aged 82) Paris, France |
| Occupation(s) | military physician botanist |
Jean Pierre François Camille Montagne (15 February 1784 – 5 December 1866) was aFrenchmilitary physician andbotanist who specialized in the fields ofbryology andmycology.
Montague was born in thecommune of Vaudoy in the department ofSeine-et-Marne,France.
At the age of 14, Montagne joined theFrench navy, and took part inNapoleon's invasion of Egypt. In 1802, he returned to France to study medicine, and two years later became a militarysurgeon.
In 1832, at the age of 48 he retired from military service to concentrate on the study ofcryptogams (mosses,algae,lichens andfungi). In 1853, he was elected a member of theAcadémie des sciences.
In 1845, he was one of the first scientists (withMarie-Anne Libert)[1] to provide a description ofPhytophthora infestans, apotato blight fungus he referred to asBotrytis infestans. Montagne is also known for investigations of mycological species native toGuyane.
He contributed numerous articles to theArchives de Botanique and theAnnales des Sciences naturelles.
The fungal generaMontagnaea (DC., 1835) andMontagnites (Fr.) commemorate his name.[2][3][4]
Also generaMontagnulaBerl., 1896,MontagninaHöhn. 1910,MontagnellinaHöhn. 1912 andCamontagneaPujals, 1981 were named in his honour.[5]
He died inParis on 5 December 1866.
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