Pierre Poivre

Engraving of Pierre Poivre.
Bust in the Sir Seewoosagur Ramgoolam Botanical Garden in Mauritius.

Pierre Poivre (23 August 1719 – 6 January 1786) was an 18th-century horticulturist and botanist. He was born in Lyon, France.

He was a missionary to East Asia, intendant of French colonial islands in the Indian Ocean, and wearer of the cordon of St. Michel.[1]

  1. ^ Lewis A. Maverick (June 1941). "Pierre Poivre: Eighteenth Century Explorer of Southeast Asia". The Pacific Historical Review. 10 (2): 165–177. doi:10.2307/3633634. JSTOR 3633634.