Antoine-Augustin Parmentier
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 211 years ago |
Date of birth | August 17,1737 |
Zodiac sign | Leo |
Date of died | December 17,1813 |
Died | Paris |
France | |
Books | Observations on Such Nutritive Vegetables |
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Observations on Such Nutritive Vegetables: As May be Substituted in the Place of Ordinary Food in Times of Scarcity | |
Parents | Jean-Baptiste-Augustin Parmentier |
Marie-Euphrosine Millon | |
Education | Lycée Louis-le-Grand |
Born | Montdidier |
France | |
Place of burial | Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris, France |
Known for | Popularising potatoes in France |
Field | Agronomy |
Nationality | French |
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ID | 1834131 |
Antoine-Augustin Parmentier Life story
Antoine-Augustin Parmentier was a French pharmacist and agronomist, best remembered as a vocal promoter of the potato as a food source for humans in France and throughout Europe.