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Gaston de Saporta (28 July 1823 – 26 January 1895) was a French aristocrat, palaeobotanist and non-fiction writer.

Hôtel Boyer de Fonscolombe in Aix-en-Provence
Hôtel Boyer de Fonscolombe in Aix-en-Provence
Gaston de Saporta
Born28 July 1823
Château de Montvert, Saint-Zacharie, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
Died26 January 1895 (1895-01-27) (aged 71)
Aix-en-Provence, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France
NationalityFrench
OccupationBotanist
Spouse(s)Valentine de Forbin la Barben
Émilie de Gabrielli de Gubbio
ChildrenAntoine de Saporta
Parent(s)Adolphe Charles François Anne de Saporta
Irène Boyer de Fonslocolombe de La Mole

Biography



Early life


(Louis Charles Joseph) Gaston de Saporta born in the Château de Montvert in Saint-Zacharie, Var, on July 28, 1823.[1][2] He was a member of the Provençal nobility.[2] His father was Adolphe Charles François Anne de Saporta (1800-1879) and his mother, Irène Boyer de Fonscolombe de La Mole (1799-1879).[1][2] He grew up in the Hôtel Boyer de Fonscolombe, a listed hôtel particulier at 21 Rue Gaston de Saporta in Aix-en-Provence, where he resided all his life.[2]


Career


As a palaeobotanist, he was a supporter of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution and showed the transformation of plant species in different eras.[3] He corresponded with Darwin. In 1877, Darwin wrote a supportive letter to Saporta which stated that "your idea that dicotyledonous plants were not developed in force until sucking insects had been evolved seems to me a splendid one."[4]

He wrote many books about botany from the 1860s to the 1890s. He became a member of the French Academy of Sciences. Moreover, he often visited the National Museum of Natural History in Paris to attend conferences, and paved the way for the inauguration of the Museum of Natural History in Aix-en-Provence.

Interested in the aristocracy, he also wrote a book about the family of Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sévigné (1626-1696).


Personal life


He was married to Valentine de Forbin la Barben.[2] He was widowed in 1850, and got remarried to Émilie de Gabrielli de Gubbio. They had a son, Antoine de Saporta (1855-1914), who became a writer.

He died in Aix-en-Provence on January 26, 1895.[1][2]


Legacy



Bibliography



References


  1. GeneaNet
  2. Les Rues d'Aix: Louis Charles Joseph Gaston de Saporta (1823-1895)
  3. Brent, Peter. (1981). Charles Darwin: "A Man of Enlarged Curiosity". Harper & Row. p. 445. ISBN 978-0060148805 "A handful of scientists were working to increase Darwin's evidential base, notably the Marquis Gaston de Saporta, demonstrating the links between the evolution of flowers and the markings of insects."
  4. Burkhardt, Frederick. (2010). The Correspondence of Charles Darwin: Volume 18; Volume 1870. Cambridge University Press. p. 536. ISBN 978-0-521-76889-4
  5. Google Maps

Further reading



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[de] Gaston de Saporta

Marquis de Louis Charles Joseph Gaston Saporta (* 28. Juli 1823 in Saint-Zacharie; † 26. Januar 1895 in Aix-en-Provence) war ein französischer Paläobotaniker. Sein offizielles botanisches Autorenkürzel lautet „Saporta“.
- [en] Gaston de Saporta



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