Pierre Joseph Garidel

Pierre-Joseph Garibel
Born	1 August 1658 Manosque, Bouches-du-Rhone, France
Died	6 June 1737 (1737-06-07) (aged 78) Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhone, France
Education	University of Aix-en-Provence
Occupation	Physician
Parent(s)	Pierre Garidel Louise de Barthelemy
Relatives	Joseph Lieutaud (nephew)

Pierre Joseph Garidel (1 August 1658 – 6 June 1737) was a French botanist.

Early life

Pierre-Joseph Garidel was born on 1 August 1658 in Manosque.^[1] His father was Pierre Garidel, a lawyer, and his mother, Louise de Barthelemy.^[2] He studied medicine at the University of Aix-en-Provence and the University of Montpellier.^[2]

Ranunculus arvensis, taken from Histoire des plantes qui naissent aux environs d'Aix (1715).

Career

He became a professor of botany at the Aix-en-Provence. Together with Joseph Pitton de Tournefort, he studied plants from Provence.^[2] Meanwhile, he called on the French nobility to take up botany as a hobby alongside hunting.^[3]

In 1735, he published, Histoire des plantes qui naissent aux environs d'Aix et dans plusieurs autres endroits de la Provence, which describes 1,400 plants.^[1][2] In the preface, he writes about the history of botany in Provence and the medicinal uses of plants.^[4]

Death

He died on 6 June 1737 in Aix-en-Provence.^[1]

Legacy

The garidella, a subclass of the thalamiflorae, was named in his honour.^[4]

References

1. Christie's: GARIDEL, Pierre Joseph (1658-1737). Histoire des plantes qui naissent aux environs d'Aix, et dans plusieurs autres endroits de la Provence. Aix: Joseph David, 1715.
2. Aix-en-Provence Historical Society: A few words about the botanist Pierre-Joseph Garidel
3. R.L. Williams, Botanophilia in Eighteenth-Century France: The Spirit of the Enlightenment, Springer Science & Business Media, 31 Oct 2001, p. 3 [1]
4. University of Wales Online Exhibitions: From Herbals to Floras: Garidel (1715)