Jean-Baptiste Lestiboudois [SEP] date of death
Jean-Baptiste Lestiboudois
Jean-Baptiste Lestiboudois (30 January 1715, Douai – 20 March 1804, Lille) was a French botanist and pharmacist. His son François Joseph Lestiboudois (1759-1815) and grandson Gaspard Thémistocle Lestiboudois (1797-1876) were also botanists.
He studied pharmacy at the hospital in Douai and at the University of Douai. After receiving his licence in medicine in 1739, he relocated to Lille. During the same year, he was appointed chief pharmacist of the French army. From 1758
François Joseph Lestiboudois
François Joseph Lestiboudois (20 January 1759 – 26 July 1815) was a French botanist. Born at Lille, he was the son of Jean-Baptiste Lestiboudois (1715–1804), a professor of botany at the "École centrale du département du Nord à Lille" and was the father of botanist Gaspard Thémistocle Lestiboudois (1797–1876).
Lestiboudois was a professor of botany at Lille and a member of the "Société des sciences, de l'agriculture et des arts de Lille". He is best remembered for