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	[[File:Jean Baptiste Leschenault de La Tour.gif\|thumb\|Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour.]]		[[File:Jean Baptiste Leschenault de La Tour.gif\|thumb\|Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour.]]
	'''Jean-Baptiste Louis Claude Théodore Leschenault de La Tour''' (13 November 1773 – 14 March 1826) was a ~~[[France\|~~French]] [[botanist]] and [[ornithologist]].		'''Jean-Baptiste Louis Claude Théodore Leschenault de La Tour''' (13 November 1773 – 14 March 1826) was a French [[botanist]] and [[ornithologist]].

	Born at the family seat (since 1718),<ref name="anbg.gov.au">[http://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/leschenault-tour.html Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria: Biography: Leschenault de la Tour, Jean B.C.T. (1773 - 1826).]</ref> Le Villard, near [[Chalon-sur-Saône]], Leschenault de la Tour arrived in Paris after the death of his father, a judge at [[Lyon]].		Born at the family seat (since 1718),<ref name="anbg.gov.au">[http://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/leschenault-tour.html Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria: Biography: Leschenault de la Tour, Jean B.C.T. (1773 - 1826).]</ref> Le Villard, near [[Chalon-sur-Saône]], Leschenault de la Tour arrived in Paris after the death of his father, a judge at [[Lyon]].
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	Though Leschenault published little, his collections were subsequently used by other French botanists, including [[Aimé Bonpland]], [[René Louiche Desfontaines]], [[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu]], [[Jacques Labillardière]] and [[Étienne Pierre Ventenat]].<ref name="anbg.gov.au"/>		Though Leschenault published little, his collections were subsequently used by other French botanists, including [[Aimé Bonpland]], [[René Louiche Desfontaines]], [[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu]], [[Jacques Labillardière]] and [[Étienne Pierre Ventenat]].<ref name="anbg.gov.au"/>

	A number of [[birds]] were named after Leschenault, including [[greater sand plover]] (''Charadrius leschenaultii'' ), [[white-crowned forktail]] (''Enicurus leschenaulti'' ) ~~and~~ [[sirkeer malkoha]] (''Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii'' ).		A number of [[birds]] were named after Leschenault, including [[greater sand plover]] (''Charadrius leschenaultii'' ), [[white-crowned forktail]] (''Enicurus leschenaulti ''), [[sirkeer malkoha]] (''Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii'' ) and [[chestnut-headed bee-eater]] (''Merops leschenaulti'').

	Three [[species]] of [[lizard]]s were named after him: ''[[~~Cryptoblepharus\|~~Cryptoblepharus leschenault]]'', ''[[Hemidactylus leschenaultii]]'', and ''[[Ophisops leschenaultii]]''.<ref>Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN\|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. ("Leschenault", p. 156).</ref>		Three [[species]] of [[lizard]]s were named after him: ''[[Cryptoblepharus leschenault]]'', ''[[Hemidactylus leschenaultii]]'', and ''[[Ophisops leschenaultii]]''.<ref>Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN\|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. ("Leschenault", p. 156).</ref>

	The plant genus ''[[Lechenaultia]]'' is also named after him.		The plant genus ''[[Lechenaultia]]'' is also named after him.
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	==See also==		==See also==
	* [[European and American voyages of scientific exploration]]		* [[European and American voyages of scientific exploration]]

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{{Short description|French botanist and ornithologist (1773-1826)}}{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2018}}
[[File:Jean Baptiste Leschenault de La Tour.gif|thumb|Jean Baptiste Leschenault de la Tour.]]
'''Jean-Baptiste Louis Claude Théodore Leschenault de La Tour''' (13 November 1773 – 14 March 1826) was a [[France|French]] [[botanist]] and [[ornithologist]].

Born at the family seat (since 1718),<ref name="anbg.gov.au">[http://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/leschenault-tour.html Council of Heads of Australasian Herbaria: Biography: Leschenault de la Tour, Jean B.C.T. (1773 - 1826).]</ref> Le Villard, near [[Chalon-sur-Saône]], Leschenault de la Tour arrived in Paris after the death of his father, a judge at [[Lyon]].

Leschenault de La Tour was chief botanist on [[Nicolas Baudin]]'s expedition to [[Australia]] between 1800 and 1803. He collected a great many new specimens in 1801 and 1802, though Baudin's journal suggests that he did not work particularly hard; apparently the poorly educated gardener's boy [[Antoine Guichenot]] collected more plant specimens than Leschenault did, and gave them more useful labels.<ref name="Nelson 1976">{{cite journal | author = Nelson, E. Charles | year = 1976 | title = Antoine Guichenot and ''Adenanthos'' (Proteaceae) specimens collected during Baudin's Australian Expedition, 1801-1803 | journal = Journal of the Society for the Bibliography of Natural History | volume = 8 | issue = 1 | pages = 1–10 | doi = 10.3366/jsbnh.1976.8.PART_1.1 | issn = 0260-9541}}</ref> In April 1803 he was so ill that he had to be put ashore at [[Timor]]. Forced to spend the next three years on [[Java (island)|Java]] he used the time to make the first thorough botanical investigation of the island, which had not previously been visited by naturalists except briefly by [[Carl Peter Thunberg]]. He arrived back in [[France]] in July 1807 with a large collection of [[plant]]s and [[bird]]s.

Leschenault's Javanese birds were described by [[Georges Cuvier]].

Following the Napoleonic Wars, in May 1816 Leschenault travelled to [[India]] to collect plants and establish a [[botanical garden]] at [[Pondicherry (city)|Pondicherry]]. He was given permission by the British to travel through [[Tamil Nadu|Madras]], [[Bengal]] and [[Ceylon]]. He sent many of the plants and seeds he discovered to the French island of [[Réunion]] to be cultivated. These included two varieties of [[sugar cane]] and six varieties of [[cotton]]. He returned to France in 1822 and was awarded the [[Legion d'Honneur]].

Less than a year after his return Leschenault travelled to [[South America]], visiting [[Brazil]], [[Surinam (Dutch colony)|Surinam]] and [[French Guiana]], and introducing [[tea]] bushes to [[Cayenne]], the capital of the French colony. He was forced to return home after only eighteen months due to ill health.

Though Leschenault published little, his collections were subsequently used by other French botanists, including [[Aimé Bonpland]], [[René Louiche Desfontaines]], [[Antoine Laurent de Jussieu]], [[Jacques Labillardière]] and [[Étienne Pierre Ventenat]].<ref name="anbg.gov.au"/>

A number of [[birds]] were named after Leschenault, including [[greater sand plover]] (''Charadrius leschenaultii'' ), [[white-crowned forktail]] (''Enicurus leschenaulti'' ) and [[sirkeer malkoha]] (''Phaenicophaeus leschenaultii'' ).

Three [[species]] of [[lizard]]s were named after him: ''[[Cryptoblepharus|Cryptoblepharus leschenault]]'', ''[[Hemidactylus leschenaultii]]'', and ''[[Ophisops leschenaultii]]''.<ref>Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). ''The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles''. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. {{ISBN|978-1-4214-0135-5}}. ("Leschenault", p. 156).</ref>

The plant genus ''[[Lechenaultia]]'' is also named after him.

{{botanist|Lesch.|Leschenault de la Tour, Jean Baptiste}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
*''Biographies for Birdwatchers'', Mearns and Mearns, {{ISBN|0-12-487422-3}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091015095739/http://www.mlssa.asn.au/journals/2001Journal.htm ''Nicolas Baudin’s Scientific Expedition To The Terres Australes'' by Steve Reynolds] - Marine Life Society of South Australia Inc.
*[[Edward Duyker]] François Péron: An Impetuous Life: Naturalist and Voyager, Miegunyah/MUP, Melb., 2006, {{ISBN|978-0-522-85260-8}},
* Fornasiero, Jean; Monteath, Peter and West-Sooby, John. ''Encountering Terra Australis: the Australian voyages of Nicholas Baudin and Matthew Flinders'', Kent Town, South Australia, Wakefield Press, 2004. {{ISBN|1-86254-625-8}}
*Frank Horner, The French Reconnaissance: Baudin in Australia 1801–1803, Melbourne University Press, Melbourne, 1987 {{ISBN|0-522-84339-5}}.

==See also==
* [[European and American voyages of scientific exploration]]

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Leschenault De La Tour, Jean Baptiste}}
[[Category:1773 births]]
[[Category:1826 deaths]]
[[Category:French botanists]]
[[Category:French ornithologists]]
[[Category:Botanists active in Australia]]
[[Category:Botanists active in India]]
[[Category:Botanists active in South America]]

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