Denis Dodart

Denis Dodart
Born	1634 Paris, France
Died	November 5, 1707 Paris
Nationality	French
Fields	naturalist
Known for	botany
Author abbreviation (botany)	Dod.

Denis Dodart (1634 – 1707) was a French physician, naturalist and botanist. Trained at the University of Paris, he gained his doctorate of medicine in 1660 and was elected to the French Academy of Sciences in 1673. In botany he is notable for his early studies of plant respiration and growth. He collaborated with the French engraver Nicolas Robert in several illustrated works including Estampes de Plantes and Mémoires pour servir á l'Histoire des Plantes.

His father Jean Dodart was a Parisian notary and his mother Marie Dubois was the daughter of a lawyer. Suspicion that his parents, like many from the legal professions, had been supporters of the Fronde uprising nearly derailed his election to the Academy of Sciences ^[1].

Eponymy

The nettle species Urtica dodartii was named after him by Linnaeus but this is now considered a variety of Urtica pilulifera, the Roman nettle (U. pilulifera L. var. dodartii (L.) Aschers.).

See also

• Nicolas Robert

Major works

• 1676. Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire des plantes". Paris, Imprimerie Royale.

The standard author abbreviation Dod. is used to indicate this individual as the author when citing a botanical name.^[2]

References

1. ^ Sturdy, David J. (1995). Science and Social Status: The Members of the Academie Des Sciences 1666-1750. Boydell & Brewer. pp. p461. ISBN 085115395X. 
2. ^ "Author Query". International Plant Names Index. http://www.ipni.org/ipni/authorsearchpage.do. 

External links

• Bernard Le Bouyer de Fontenelle : Éloge de M. Dodart (1707)

Persondata
Name	Dodart, Denis
Alternative names
Short description	French naturalist, physician
Date of birth	1634
Place of birth	Paris, France
Date of death	November 5, 1707
Place of death	Paris, France