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Jean-Pierre Édouard Grimard (17 April 1827 - 24 March 1909) was a French writer, educator, and botanist.

Biography

Édouard Grimard was born in Lacépède (Lot-et-Garonne on April 17th, 1827. He was a close friend of the brothers Élisée Reclus and Élie Reclus. · While studying at Montauban, Grimard lived with the Reclus brothers in a shared house four kilometers outside of the town and the three pursued independent studies there.

In 1851, he defended his thesis in theology at the Faculty of Protestant Theology of Strasbourg at the same time as Élie Reclus.. His thesis was titled: "Man in the face of god, or on human individualiality". He recieved the degree of bachelor of theology.</ref>. His thesis was titled: "Man in the face of god, or on human individualiality".

Grimard taught at the Protestant College of Sainte-Foy-la-Grande from 1871 until 1881.. In 1874, Grimard became a municipal councilor in Pineuilh. Grimard was then the director for the école normale at Toulouse from 1881 to 1896.

Grimard wrote in journals including the Revue des Deux Mondes and the Magasin d'éducation et de récréation, publishing numerous works on botany. The writer Jules Verne used Grimard's work The Plant to discuss Australian flora as part of his novel In Search of the Castaways..

References

  1. Élisée Reclus, Correspondance, vol. 2, 2010, p. 7
  2. Joël Cornuault, Élisée Reclus, étonnant géographe, 1999, p. 74
  3. Fleming, Marie. 1988. The Geography of Freedom. Black Rose Books. pp.32-33
  4. L'homme en face de Dieu, ou de l'individualité humaine, thèse philosophique et dogmatique présentée à la Faculté de théologie protestante de Strasbourg pour obtenir le grade de bachelier en théologie.
  5. L'homme en face de Dieu, ou de l'individualité humaine, thèse philosophique et dogmatique présentée à la Faculté de théologie protestante de Strasbourg pour obtenir le grade de bachelier en théologie.
  6. L'homme en face de Dieu, ou de l'individualité humaine, thèse philosophique et dogmatique présentée à la Faculté de théologie protestante de Strasbourg pour obtenir le grade de bachelier en théologie.
  7. Portrait and biography on the website of the Friends of Sainte-Foy and its region
  8. Tarrieu, Alexandre. 2021. Dictionnaire des personnes citées par Jules Verne, vol. 2 : F-M, éditions Paganel.p. 87