Paul Mouterde (1892– 14 January 1972) was a French Jesuit missionary and naturalist,[1] and the director of the Oriental Library at the Saint Joseph University of Beirut.[2]

Paul Mouterde
Born
Died
Bruyères
NationalityFrench
Scientific career
FieldsBotany, Zoology, Ethnology
Author abbrev. (botany)Mouterde

He published two previously unknown homilies of fifth-century Syriac poet-theologian Jacob of Serugh,[3] and multiple works on Levantine flora, including a three-volume work on the flora of Lebanon and Syria.[4][5][6]

Early life

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Paul Mouterde was born in 1862 in Bruyères, in the French Department of Vosges. His father was Professor of Law at the Catholic University of Lyon.[7]

Selected works

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  • Petite flore des environs de Beyrouth (1935)
  • La Flore du Djebel Druze (1953)
  • Deux homélies inédites de Jacques de Saroug (1944)
  • Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie (1966–1978)

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Citations

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Sources

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  • Bibliothèque National de France (2022). "Paul Mouterde (1892-1972)". Bibliothèque National de France. Archived from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 9 December 2022.
  • IdRef (5 April 2020). "Mouterde, Paul (1892-1972)". IdRef - Identifiants et Référentiels pour l'education supérieur et la recherche. Archived from the original on 9 October 2022. Retrieved 29 December 2022.
  • Mouterde, Paul (1944). "Deux homélies inédites de Jacques de Saroug". Mélanges de l'Université Saint-Joseph. 26 (1): 1–36. doi:10.3406/mefao.1944.1354.
  • Mouterde, Paul (1966a). Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie (in French). Vol. 1. Beirut: Editions de l'Imprimerie Catholique.
  • Mouterde, Paul (1966b) [1966]. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie (in French). Vol. 2. Beirut: Editions de l'Imprimerie Catholique. ISBN 9782721458070.
  • Mouterde, Paul (1978). Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie (in French). Vol. 3. Éditions de l'Imprimerie Catholique. ISBN 9782721458063.
  • Mouterde, Paul (1935). Petite flore des environs de Beyrouth. Beirut: Imprimerie Catholique.
  • Mouterde, Paul (1953). La Flore du Djebel Druze. Beirut: P. Lechevalier - Imprimerue Catholique.
  • E, R (April 1971). "Nécrologie - Regis Mouterde" (PDF). Bulletin mensuel de la Société Linnéénne de Lyon (4). Archived (PDF) from the original on 29 December 2022.