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Jean-Nicolas Céré (1737–1810) was a French botanist and agronomist born on the Indian Ocean Isle de France (now Mauritius) but educated in Brittany and Paris. On the Isle de France he was befriended by Pierre Poivre (1719–1786), administrator of the Isle de France and Ile Bourbon (Réunion), who he assisted in the cultivation of spices. When Poivre was recalled to France in 1773 Céré was appointed Director of the Royal Garden at Monplaisir (now Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Garden), a position he held from 1775 to the time of his death in 1810. During his time on the island Céré encouraged plant exchange, making a considerable contribution to economic botany by sending living plants to many countries, raising numerous peppers, cloves, cinnamon and nutmeg trees which he distributed to the neighbouring French islands, and also introducing to Mauritius useful plants from Malaysia, America, China and elsewhere. ==Biography== Details of Céré’s life, on which the following account is based, have been researched by J. Deleuze. Jean-Nicolas Céré was the son of François-Toussaint Céré, a naval officer who, according to the memoirs of Bertrand-François Mahé de La Bourdonnais, was at the age of five posted to France to study, his father having died in Martinique. He arrived at Brest as a ward of the state. For several years he was a student at the College of Valves, finishing his studies in Paris. In 1757, he served in two campaigns under the command of Count Anne Antoine d'Aché being promoted to officer. In 1759 he settled on the Isle de France, his father leaving him a considerable fortune.〔 On the Isle de France Céré married Bernardine Marie de La Roche du Ronzet on 27 January 1763. His son Jean-Auguste Céré (17 May 1764 to 18 November 1831) succeeded him as Director of the garden. On his death Céré left two sons and five daughters, the eldest son living at home with three of his sisters. The second son was in the service of France. His other two daughters were married, Constance-Joséphine Céré (19 July 1769 to 23 June 1842) to General Louis Marie François César Ange d'Houdetot, their grandson being the historian César Lecat de Bazancourt, the other to Mr. Barbé, former Royal Judge in the Isle-of-France: both were living in Paris. 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「Jean-Nicolas Céré」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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