Georges Louis Marie Dumont de Courset

Born near Boulogne, he studied in Paris and showed an aptitude for music and drawing.

He gave up his military career and returned home to build an extensive garden that became famous for the diversity of plant species.

The garden was a noteworthy example of cultivation without a natural water spring source[1] He tried to influence the agricultural techniques employed in his area.

Protected by scientists like André Thouin (1746–1824) during the Revolution, he became corresponding member of the French Academy of Agriculture.

He published five volumes on the Botaniste cultivateur, ou description, culture et usage de la plus grande partie des plantes étrangères, naturalisées et indigènes, naturalisées et indigènes, cultivées en France et en Angleterre, rangées suivant la méthode de Jussieu in 1802.