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Jean-Dominique-Philippe-Auguste Vinson (4 August 1819, Sainte-Suzanne, Réunion – 27 August 1903, Saint-Denis, Réunion) was a French physician and naturalist. His father, François-Auguste Vinson (1791-1851), was a noted physician and politician. He was educated in Saint-Denis, Nantes and Paris, where he studied medicine under Alfred Velpeau. After finishing his studies in France, he returned to Saint-Denis.〔(Vinson Auguste (1819-1903) - Découvrir le Patrimoine de La Réunion ) (biographical information)〕 In 1862 Vinson was sent to Madagascar by Napoleon III to attend the coronation of Radama II. While here, he conducted valuable investigations of the islands' flora and fauna.〔 As a naturalist, he is known for his research of Araneidae (orb-weaver spiders) native to Madagascar, Réunion and Mauritius. Vinson is also credited for being the first scientist to successively cultivate cinchona on Réunion.〔(Google Books ) Food Journal, Volume 2〕 Vinson was a corresponding member of the ''Académie des Sciences''.〔 == Selected works == * ''Aranéides des 'îles La Réunion, Maurice et Madagascar, avec 14 planches contenant 118 figures dessinées d'aprés nature'', 1863 - Araneidae native to Réunion, Mauritius and Madagascar. * ''Voyage à Madagascar au couronnement de Radama II'', 1865 - Voyage to Madagascar for the coronation of Radama II. * ''Mémoire sur les essais d'acclimatation des arbres à quinquina à l'île de la Réunion'', 1875 - On acclimation of cinchona trees on Réunion. * "Faune détruite. Les Aepiornidés et les Huppes de l’île Bourbon", 1877. ''Bulletin Hebdomadaire de l’Association Scientifique de France'' 20, 327–331. * ''Salazie; ou, Le piton d'Anchaine, légende créole'', 1888. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Auguste Vinson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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