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Record 1 2016-10-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Occupation Names (General)
  • Botany
CONT

Dubbed in recent years the "Indiana Jones of the plant world," George Forrest formed part of a wider, yet exclusive community of intrepid plant-hunters who travelled the globe in search of exotic plant species. Their early pioneering forays into unchartered forests and valleys left an indelible mark upon the topography of so many ornamental gardens in Britain and the United States.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Désignations des emplois (Généralités)
  • Botanique
CONT

Sir Joseph Hooker(1817-1911), [...] a vécu des dizaines d’expéditions, d’abord vers l'Antarctique en tant que médecin et botaniste, et pour finir dans les montagnes de l'Himalaya, y cueillant les plus beaux rhododendrons. Et quand il a signé son contrat avec la Royal Horticultural Society de Londres, Robert Fortune(1812-1880) devenait un autre chasseur de plantes.

CONT

De son côté, Christopher Grey-Wilson, botaniste (il a exploré la Chine, l’Himalaya, le Sri Lanka, l’Iran et l’Afghanistan) et chasseur de plantes, qui fut entre autres, chercheur au jardin de Kew, en Grande-Bretagne, tiendra une conférence [...] sur le thème : «La grande famille des pavots».

OBS

chasseur de plantes : terme extrait du «Glossaire de l’agriculture» et reproduit avec l’autorisation de l’Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques.

Spanish

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Record 2 1992-12-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Organizations, Administrative Units and Committees
OBS

Ex-convicts and others interested in penal reform. Seeks to create greater public awareness of the prison system and of the problems confronting inmates before, after, and during incarceration.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes, unités administratives et comités

Spanish

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