Désiré Georges Jean Marie Bois

Désiré Georges Jean Marie Bois (9 October 1856, in Granville – 2 February 1946, in Saint-Mandé) was a French botanist, horticulturist and agronomist.

He was in charge of several scientific excursions, including trips to Haute-Savoie (1922) and to Belgium and the Netherlands (1932).

He also taught classes at the École Nationale de la France d'Outre-Mer.

[1] He was a member of numerous scientific societies, including the Académie des sciences coloniales (from 1925).

In 1920 he was named president of the Société botanique de France, being re-chosen for a second term in 1931.