Henry de Vilmorin

Charles Henry Philippe Lévêque de Vilmorin (26 February 1843, Paris – 23 August 1899) was a French botanist and grandfather of the novelist, poet and journalist, Louise de Vilmorin. Seven generations of the family of Vilmorin contributed greatly to French agriculture for over two hundred and thirty years by their improvements of sugar-beet and wheat - they produced numerous varieties of wheat and published more than three hundred and sixty articles on plants in agriculture, horticulture, floriculture and botany.

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