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May 19, 1806 Dormans, Grand Est, France Died on 01 Sep 1896 (aged 90)
French botanist
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About Claude Casimir Gillet
- Claude Casimir Gillet (19 May 1806 in Dormans, department of Marne – 1 September 1896 in Alençon), was a French botanist and mycologist.
- He initially trained as a medical doctor and veterinarian. As a veterinarian, he worked for four years in Africa.
- Around 1853 he developed a passion for mycology, subsequently publishing a number of works on the subject.
- In 1867 he became a corresponding member of the Société Linnéenne de Normandie.Gillet was the taxonomic authority of the genera Tubaria (initially named a subgenus of Agaricus by Worthington George Smith) and Microglossum.
