Maxime Cornu
1843–1901
French botanist and mycologist. PhD, natural sciences, Paris, 1872. Aide-naturaliste, Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Paris, 1874; lecturer in organography and vegetable physiology from 1876; later professor of horticulture. Director of the viticulture station, Cognac, 1876. Inspector general of agriculture, 1881. Specialised in cryptogams and plant disease agents such as Phylloxera vastatrix.
Source
DBF.
Bibliography
DBF: Dictionnaire de biographie Française. Under the direction of J. Balteau et al. 21 vols. and 4 fascicules of vol. 22 (A–Leyris d’Esponchès) to date. Paris: Librairie Letouzey & Ané. 1933–.
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