Thoüin Family, botanists, France

Personal and professional papers relating to the family, specifially: André Thoüin (1747-1824), 16 items including correspondence and reports by him; André's 3 younger brothers: Jacques Thoüin (1751-1836), 4 items of correspondence an items signed by him; Gabriel Thoüin (d.1829), 3 letters signed by him; Oscar Leclerc [Thoüin] (1798-1845), 2 items by him.

Also, 35 items, primarily correspondence, addressed to Thoüin family members.

André Thoüin (1747-1824), was head of the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, also elected a Member of the Academie des Sciences in 1795

André Thoüin had 3 younger brothers: Jacques Thoüin (1751-1836); Gabriel Thoüin (d.1829); and Jean Thoüin (d.1827).

Their nephew Oscar Leclerc [Thoüin] (1798-1845) was the son of their sister Louise Thoüin (b.c.1764) and the writer and Revolutionary activist Jean-Baptiste Leclerc (1756-1826).

All were linked with the Jardin des Plantes in Paris and the worlds of botany and agriculture in some capacity and the papers reflect this as their main concern; for more details on the various individuals see Le jardin des plantes à la croisée des chemins avec Andre Thoüin, 1747-1824, edited by Yvonne Letouzey (Paris, 1989).