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    His grandfather Nicolas de Saussure was a noted agriculturist, for whom Nicolas-Théodore was named. Nicolas-Théodore was called "Théodore" to distinguish...
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    sciences de Paris.== Saussure was married and had three children and died in Geneva 22 January 1799. Saussure's son Nicolas-Théodore de Saussure was a noted...
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    used for the dolomitic rock type is dolostone. As stated by Nicolas-Théodore de Saussure the mineral dolomite was probably first described by Carl Linnaeus...
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    Saussurea (category Taxa named by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle)
    high-altitude sunlight. De Candolle named the genus after Horace-Bénédict de Saussure (1740–1799) and Nicolas-Théodore de Saussure (1767–1845). A number...
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  • Horace-Bénédict, and sister of Nicolas-Théodore César-François de Saussure (1705–1783), Swiss travel writer Éric de Saussure [de] (1925–2007), Swiss artist...
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    the prominent writer and intellectual Germaine de Staël. Albertine's brother Nicolas-Théodore de Saussure became a noted chemist and a pioneering researcher...
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  • public offices. Théodore de Saussure became the mayor of Geneva, his son Nicolas de Saussure, a politician. Horace-Bénédict de Saussure, an 18th century...
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    release oxygen under the influence of light. Soon afterward, Nicolas-Théodore de Saussure showed that the increase in mass of the plant as it grows could...
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    meteorologist Horace-Bénédict de Saussure and was instrumental in the education of Horace-Bénédict's son Nicolas-Théodore de Saussure. Senebier trained the young...
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    is most mentioned as the "father of the fertilizer industry". Nicolas Théodore de Saussure and scientific colleagues at the time were quick to disprove...
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