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André Michaux to sell the properties. He sold the garden near Charleston, but the concern expressed
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by Du Pont and his son Eleuthère Irénée du Pont preserved the New Jersey garden in Saunier's care
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and continued to support it. Saunier continued to send seeds to France for the rest of his life,
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and is credited with introducing into gardens the chinquapin (Castanea pumila) and the smoking bean
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tree (Catalpa bignonioides).
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Aaron Burr recorded meeting Michaux in Paris on September 17, 1810, but this was apparently
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Francois Andre Michaux, the son. According to Burr he went "to Michaux's, the botanist, who was
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many years in the United States, and has written a valuable little book of his travels. He is now
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publishing his account of our trees, which will be extremely interesting. It demonstrates that we
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(not the whole continent, but the United States alone) have three times the number of useful trees
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that Europe can boast..." Burr's cited quote would apply equally to both Michaux', father and son,
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and perhaps more to the son, who had been in America a total of some 6 years, and had recently
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(1804) written about his travels in America, and was subsequently working on his later opus on
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American trees.
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Legacy
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Carolina lily (Lilium michauxii), Michaux's saxifrage (Saxifraga michauxii), and several other
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plants are named for him.
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Michaux State Forest in Pennsylvania (U.S.), which protects over 344 square kilometers (over 85,000
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acres), is named for him.
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André-Michaux Ecological Reserve in Quebec, Canada, which protects 450 hectares, is named for him.
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His son François André Michaux published an Histoire des arbres forestiers de l'Amérique
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septentrionale (3 vols., 1810–1813), with 156 plates, of which an English translation appeared in
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1817-1819 as The North American Sylva.
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Michaux Stone — Michaux brought a boundary stone or kudurru back from his Near Eastern trip. It
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was originally found by a French physician living in Baghdad, near the site of a 12th-century BCE
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Babylonian town named Bak-da-du. On a small part of an embankment on the Tigris—near the Al-Karkh
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end of the Baab El-Maudham Bridge—is another archeological site attributed to the second Babylonian
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period, circa 600 BCE. Michaux sold the kudurru to the "Institute Constituting the Commission for
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Scientific Travel and the Custodians of the Museum of Antiquities in France in 1800, for 1200
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francs. The 'Michaux stone' or Caillou Michaux was then placed in the Cabinet des Médailles of the
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Bibliothèque Nationale at that time.
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Writings
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Michaux wrote two valuable works on North American plants: the Histoire des chênes de l'Amérique
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septentrionale (1801), with 36 plates, and the Flora Boreali-Americana (2 vols., 1803), with 51
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plates. Although this 1803 work appeared to be the work of the father, François claimed some 15
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years later that the work had been completed after his father's death and published posthumously by
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himself and another botanist.
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See also European and American voyages of scientific exploration François Cagnet Notes
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References References Savage, Henry (1959). Discovering America 1700–1875. Harper & Row, 70–73. .
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Further Reading Fishman, Gail (2001). Journeys Through Paradise. University Press of Florida.
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Michaux, André (2020). André Michaux in North America: journals and letters, 1785-1797 / translated
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from the French, edited, and annotated by Charlie Williams, Eliane M. Norman & Walter Kingsley
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Taylor; with a foreword by James E. McClellan III. University of Alabama Press.
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Pluchet, Régis (2014), L'extraordinaire voyage d'un botaniste en Perse, ed. Privat, Toulouse.
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Savage, Henry Jr. and Elizabeth J. Savage (1986). André and François André Michaux. University
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Press of Virginia.
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Sources External links
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Daniel Stowe Botanical Garden: André Michaux
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Biodiversity Heritage Library: books by André Michaux
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French botanists French taxonomists 01 1746 births 1802 deaths Bryologists Pteridologists
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Botanists active in North America Botanists with author abbreviations People of colonial New Jersey
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North Charleston, South Carolina People from Versailles 18th-century French botanists
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18th-century French scientists 18th-century French writers 18th-century French male writers
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, better known by his stage name HISASHI, is a Japanese musician best known as the lead guitarist of
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the rock band Glay. He is particularly associated with the brand Tokai, designing a series of
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personal signature guitars, based on their Talbo model.
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Biography
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History
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Hisashi was born in Hirosaki, Aomori, the second of two sons; his father was a surgeon. His family
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moved north to Hakodate, Hokkaido, by the time he began secondary school. As an adolescent and
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young teen, Hisashi took an interest in post-punk and metal bands, particularly influenced by Boøwy
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and X Japan. He states that when he first asked his parents for a guitar, it was given in
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confidence as it was the first thing he had truly wanted. He began studying guitar independently
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from that time and is a self-taught guitarist. He later produced collaborative tracks with many of
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his early influences.
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At age 17, Hisashi witnessed the sudden fatal collapse of his father, an incident Hisashi cites as
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his departure from childhood. Before becoming successful, Hisashi worked in various part-time jobs
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including at a gaming center and a convenience store, while meeting to perform in live houses
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during the night. Hisashi first became familiar with Takuro and Teru as the two were a year above
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him in school and shared his interest in the local indie scene. Takuro sought Hisashi as a
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guitarist for Glay but he found Glay's music unappealing at the time because of their many pop and
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love songs. He had also gained a small following in another band, Ari (蟻, Ant), which better suited
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his own taste in heavy punk and experimental music. He claims that their performances were largely
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improvised, with the vocalist sometimes only screaming and throwing chairs. When Ari disbanded,
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Hisashi agreed to accompany Takuro and Teru, and after graduation relocated with them to Tokyo.
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Hisashi has been a cover model on various magazines including guitar-oriented publication GIGS and
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fashion-oriented publication Silver Accessory, and is well known for his continually evolving
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personal style. Together with his bandmate Jiro, the two are particularly known for their visual
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kei looks and on-stage theatrics, however, in recent years the pair have toned down their image,
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sporting more contemporary clothing and hairstyles.
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Songs by Hisashi
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In addition to arranging the guitar lines and solos for all of Glay's songs, Hisashi is the second
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most active songwriter and lyricist for Glay, after Takuro. Songs written by Hisashi often display
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strong punk and electronic influences and his lyrics are typically more abstract and metaphorical
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than those of Takuro and the other members. He has also contributed a variety of instrumental
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tracks for the band's albums and live performances. In 2011, his track "EverKrack" was the first of
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his songs to be given an official music video. His next official video was in 2016, a fully
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animated production "Kanojo wa Zombie" for their single "G4・IV", which reached #1 on the Oricon
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singles chart on his 44th birthday.
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1995: "Cynical" (c/w "Ikiteku Tsuyosa") 1996: "Neuromancer" (c/w "a Boy ~zutto wasurenai~")
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1998: "AI" (c/w "Soul Love") 1998: "Doku Rock" (c/w "Be With You")
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2000: "Surf Rider" (c/w "Missing You") 2000: "Denki Iruka Kimyou na Shikou" (album One Love)
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2000: "Prize" (album One Love)
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2002: "Giant Strong Faust Super Star" (c/w "Mata Koko de Aimashou")
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2002: "Brothel Creepers" (c/w "Aitai Kimochi", cowritten with Takuro)
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2003: "17ans" (album Rare Collectives vol.2) 2003: "17bars" (album Rare Collectives vol.2)
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2003: "I'm yours (Knightmare Mix '99)" (album Rare Collectives vol.2 remixed by Hisashi)
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2004: "coyote, colored darkness" (album The Frustrated)
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2004: "The Frustrated" (album The Frustrated, cowritten with Takuro under the pseudonym
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"Kombinat-12")