Napoléon Doumet-Adanson

Napoléon Doumet-Adanson (22 October 1834, Guéret – 31 May 1897 Château de Balaine (Villeneuve-sur-Allier) was a French naturalist.

In 1882 Jules Ferry, as Minister of Public Instruction, decided to create a mission to explore the Regency of Tunisia.

[1] The expedition was headed by the botanist Ernest Cosson and included Doumet-Adanson and other naturalists.

[2] In 1884 a geological section under Georges Rolland was added to the Tunisian Scientific Exploration Mission.

[3] Rolland was assisted by Philippe Thomas from 1885 and by Georges Le Mesle in 1887.