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Joseph Bory Latour-Marliac
Drawing of Joseph Bory Latour-Marliac published in 1893.
Born
(1830-03-06)6 March 1830 Granges-sur-Lot, Lot-et-Garonne, France
Died
26 January 1911(1911-01-26) (aged 80)
Nationality
French
Occupation(s)
lawyer and horticulturist
Known for
water lily hybrids
Joseph Bory Latour-Marliac (6 March 1830 in Granges-sur-Lot, Lot-et-Garonne - 26 January 1911, botanical author abbreviation: Lat.-Marl.) was a French lawyer and horticulturalist noted for breeding water lily hybrids. Latour-Marliac founded a water lily nursery at Le Temple-sur-Lot in 1875. A display of his plants at the Exposition Universelle of 1889 in Paris attracted the attention of the painter Claude Monet who then obtained water lilies for his garden in Giverny from Latour-Marliac.
References
Eyewitness Travel Family Guide France, Penguin Books, 2014, p. 273