Alexandre Boreau

Still a boy, Boreau came under the protection of his godfather Abel Aubert du Petit-Thouars, an admiral.

He collaborated with Count Jaubert, Minister of Louis Philippe, who shared Boreau's passion for botany.

[3] In 1840, Boreau published the first edition of his Flore du Centre de la France (Flora of Central France), a model of precision which becomes a noted reference book at the time (2nd edition in 1849, 3rd in 1857).

He kept busy at his town botanical garden, reorganizing the classifications and assisting in giving public courses.

It was later bought by the local government and today maintained in the house of Gaston Allard.