# Jean Feldmann

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**Jean Feldmann** (1905–1978) was a French biologist, specialising in [marine algae](/source/Marine_algae).[1]

## Biography

Jean Feldmann was born on 25 June 1905 in [Paris](/source/Paris).[2] He initially studied [pharmacy](/source/Pharmacy), gaining his first degree in 1929, before turning his attentions to marine algae.[1] In 1933, he took up a position as an assistant at the [University of Algiers](/source/University_of_Algiers), where he also completed his doctorate in 1937, married his assistant, Geneviève Mazoyer, in 1938, and rose to professor in 1948.[1] The couple moved to Paris when Jean took up a position at the institution that became the [Université Pierre et Marie Curie](/source/Universit%C3%A9_Pierre_et_Marie_Curie), where they remained until his retirement in 1976.[1] He died suddenly on 18 September 1978.[1][2]

## Work

Feldmann published around 220 scientific works, mostly on marine algae, but also covering various fungi, mosses, freshwater algae and flowering plants.[1] Feldmann strongly believed in international scientific co-operation[3] and, as well as co-founding the Société Phycologique de France in 1955, strongly advocated the foundation of an [International Phycological Society](/source/International_Phycological_Society),[1] of which he served as the first president from its foundation in 1961 until his retirement.[3]

## Further reading

- Richard E. Norris & Kathleen M. Cole (1976). "A tribute to Professor Jean Feldmann". *[Phycologia](/source/Phycologia)*. **15** (3/4): 255. [Bibcode:1976Phyco..15..255N](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1976Phyco..15..255N). [doi:10.2216/i0031-8884-15-3-255.1](https://doi.org/10.2216/i0031-8884-15-3-255.1)
- Francis Magne (1976). "L'œuvre scientifique de Jean Feldmann". *[Phycologia](/source/Phycologia)*. **15** (3/4): 257–261. [Bibcode:1976Phyco..15..257M](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1976Phyco..15..257M). [doi:10.2216/i0031-8884-15-3-257.1](https://doi.org/10.2216/i0031-8884-15-3-257.1)

## References

1. ["Feldmann, Jean (1905–1978)"](http://plants.jstor.org/stable/10.5555/al.ap.person.bm000049346). *Global Plants*. [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR). Retrieved 10 February 2016.

1. P. Gayral (1979). "Jean Feldmann (1905–1978)". *Bulletin de la Société Botanique de France. Lettres Botaniques*. **126** (2): 261–266. [Bibcode:1979BSBFL.126..261G](https://ui.adsabs.harvard.edu/abs/1979BSBFL.126..261G). [doi:10.1080/01811797.1979.10824395](https://doi.org/10.1080/01811797.1979.10824395)

1. ["The Feldmann Fund"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160307211846/http://www.intphycsoc.org/feldmann_fund.php). [International Phycological Society](/source/International_Phycological_Society). Archived from [the original](http://www.intphycsoc.org/feldmann_fund.php) on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 10 February 2016.

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