Jacques Huber | |
Birth Date: | 13 October 1867 |
Death Date: | 18 February 1914 (aged 66) |
Death Place: | Belém, Pará, Brazil |
Citizenship: | Swiss and Brazilian |
Nationality: | Swiss-German |
Fields: | Botany |
Workplaces: | Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi |
Author Abbrev Bot: | Huber |
Footnotes: | Director of Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi (1907-1914) |
Jacques Huber (13 October 1867 Schleitheim – 18 February 1914 Belém) was a Swiss-Brazilian botanist who did pioneering work on the flora of the Amazon from 1895 until his death. He created and organized the herbarium and arboretum in Belém, Brazil, and was director of the Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi from 1907 until he died.