Jean-Baptiste Van Mons | |
|---|---|
 Portrait by Jean Baptiste Madou | |
| Born | Jean-Baptiste Van Mons 11 November 1765 Brussels, Belgium |
| Died | 6 September 1842 (aged 76) Leuven, Belgium |
Jean-Baptiste Van Mons (11 November 1765 Brussels — 6 September 1842 Leuven) was a Belgian physicist, chemist, botanist, horticulturist and pomologist, and professor of chemistry and agronomy at the State University of Leuven (1817-1830).[1] Van Mons carried out the first recorded selective breeding of the European Pear through cycles of seed propagation.[2]
- ^ Darwin online
- ^ Plant Breeding by Kendall R. Lamkey, Michael Lee, Arnel R Hallauer