Pitois became a journalist and wrote largely under the pen name Paul Christian. He co-wrote Historic Paris: Walks in the Streets of Paris (1837–1840), which was his first book, with Nodier.
A homunculus (UK: / h ɒ ˈ m ʌ ŋ k j ʊ l ə s/ hom- UNK-yuul-əs, US: / h oʊ ˈ-/ hohm-, Latin: [hɔˈmʊŋkʊlʊs]; "little person", pl.: homunculi UK: / h ɒ ˈ m ʌ ŋ k j ʊ l aɪ/ hom- UNK-yuul-lye, US: / h oʊ ˈ-/ hohm-, Latin: [hɔˈmʊŋkʊliː]) is a…
Anthony Preston Smith (1812–1877), known as A.P. Smith, was a prominent horticulturalist best known for establishing Smith's Pomological Gardens and Nursery (commonly Smith's Gardens) in Sacramento, California. [1 ] The gardens were famous…
Herbs such as myrrh (Commiphora myrrha), ague root (Aletris farinosa), and frankincense (Boswellia spp) in Christianity, Nine Herbs Charm in the partially Christianized Anglo-Saxon pagan, and a form of basil called tulsi—revered as a Hindu…
Achille Valenciennes (9. srpna 1794 v Paříži – 13. dubna 1865 v Paříži) [2 ] byl francouzský zoolog, parazitolog a ichtyolog. [3 ] Byl žákem Georgese Cuviera, s nímž sepsal 22svazkové ichtyologické dílo Histoire naturelle des poissons. [4 ]