Jacques Bernard Hombron

Jacques Bernard Hombron (1798–1852) was a French naval surgeon and naturalist.

Hombron served on the French voyage of the ''Astrolabe'' and ''Zélée'' between 1837 and 1840 to investigate the perimeter of Antarctica. He described a number of plants and animals with Honoré Jacquinot. Hombron served as surgeon and botanist on the ''Astrolabe'' and Honoré Jacquinot was a junior surgeon on the ''Zélée''. A botanical account of the expedition was published in: [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/011553996 "''Voyage au Pôle Sud et dans l'Océanie sur les corvettes l'Astrolabe et la Zélée ... Botanique / par MM. Hombron et Jacquinot''"]; (2 volumes 1845–1853).

In 1847 Hombron published a two-volume work on his personal and other explorers' adventures, titled: [http://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/006090094 "''Aventures les plus curieuses des voyageurs : coup d'oeil autour du monde''"]. In 1841 Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré named the plant genus ''Hombronia'' in his honor. Provided by Wikipedia