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Choris, Louis Joseph Yorik

(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)

Born: 1795, Jekaterinoslaw, Russia. Died: 1828, on the way to Jalapa, Mexico, murdered.

career:

Painter who accompanied the expedition in the ‘Ruri(c)k’ (1815-18) (cf. itinerary, literature, etc. under Chamisso).¹ After his return he settled at Paris; since 1827 correspondent of the Museum, and setting out on a voyage to America.

collections:

Herb. Bot. Gard. St Petersb. (= Leningrad [LE]),² with Herb. Fischer, etc.³

literature:

(1) L. Choris: ‘Voyage pittoresque autour du monde, avec des portraits des sauvages d’Amérique, d’Asie, d’Afrique, et des files du grand Ocean; des paysages, des vues maritimes et plusieurs objets d’Histoire naturelle’ (Paris 1822).
(2) cf. Lasègue, Mus. Bot. Deless., 1845, p. 338.
(3) cf. Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 9, 1888, p. 434.

biographical data:

Globe, 19 juill. 1828; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 12, 1906, p. 353-357.

	Career Collections Literature Biographical data
	Choris, Louis Joseph Yorik
	(Source: Flora Malesiana ser. 1, 1: Cyclopaedia of collectors)
	Born: 1795, Jekaterinoslaw, Russia. Died: 1828, on the way to Jalapa, Mexico, murdered.
	career: Painter who accompanied the expedition in the ‘Ruri(c)k’ (1815-18) (cf. itinerary, literature, etc. under Chamisso).¹ After his return he settled at Paris; since 1827 correspondent of the Museum, and setting out on a voyage to America.
	collections: Herb. Bot. Gard. St Petersb. (= Leningrad [LE]),² with Herb. Fischer, etc.³
	literature: (1) L. Choris: ‘Voyage pittoresque autour du monde, avec des portraits des sauvages d’Amérique, d’Asie, d’Afrique, et des files du grand Ocean; des paysages, des vues maritimes et plusieurs objets d’Histoire naturelle’ (Paris 1822). (2) cf. Lasègue, Mus. Bot. Deless., 1845, p. 338. (3) cf. Engl. Bot. Jahrb. 9, 1888, p. 434.
	biographical data: Globe, 19 juill. 1828; Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. Paris 12, 1906, p. 353-357.