André Aubréville
André Aubréville | |
|---|---|
| Born | 30 November 1897 |
| Died | 11 August 1982 (aged 84) |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | École Polytechnique École nationale des eaux et forêts |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
| Institutions | Muséum national d'histoire naturelle |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | Aubrév. |
André Aubréville (30 November 1897, in Pont-Saint-Vincent (Meurthe-et-Moselle) – 11 August 1982, in Paris) was a French botanist, professor at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris and a member of the Academy of Sciences. He was the first scientist to introduce the term "desertification" (in his 1949 book: Climats, forêts et désertification de l'Afrique tropicale (Climates, Forests, and Desertification of Tropical Africa), and wrote a number of floras of former French colonies.