Gaspard Thémistocle Lestiboudois
Gaspard Thémistocle Lestiboudois | |
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Portrait of Lestiboudois after a photograph by Pierre Petit | |
| Born | 12 November 1797 Lille, France |
| Died | 22 November 1876 (aged 79) Paris, France |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Natural history |
| Thesis | Phyllotaxie anatomique, ou recherches sur les causes organiques des diverses distributions des feuilles (1848) |
Gaspard Thémistocle Lestiboudois (12 October 1797, Lille – 22 November 1876, Paris) was a French naturalist. He was the son of botanist François Joseph Lestiboudois (1759-1815) and the grandson of Jean-Baptiste Lestiboudois (1715-1804), a professor of botany at the Faculty of Lille.
In 1818, he obtained his doctorate of medicine in Paris. In 1835 he conducted research of the plague in Algeria. As a passenger on a train, he was involved in a terrible accident at Rœux; despite being injured, he attended to the wounds of other victims.
In August 1868 he was chosen commander of the Legion of Honour.