Sébastien Vaillant
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 Sébastien Vaillant
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| Born | May 26, 1669 Vigny, Val d'Oise |
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| Died | May 20, 1722 |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | Jardin des Plantes |
| Doctoral advisor | Joseph Pitton de Tournefort |
| Known for | botany |
Sébastien Vaillant (May 26, 1669 - May 20, 1722) was a French botanist.
Vaillant was born at Vigny, Val d'Oise. He studied medicine at Pontoise, and then moved to Paris to practice as a surgeon, where he studied botany at the Jardin des Plantes under Joseph Pitton de Tournefort.
Vaillant was appointed to the staff of the Jardin des Plantes in 1702, becoming sub-demonstrator of plants in 1708. The standard botanical author abbreviation Vaill. is applied to species he described.
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