Louis (Gabriel Abraam Samuel Jean) Secretan (15 September 1758 – 24 May 1839) was a Swiss lawyer, politician and mycologist. He published Mycologie Suisse in 1833, though the names are not regarded as valid unless republished by other authors.[1] He was a member of the Swiss Academy of Sciences.[2] The standard author abbreviation Secr. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[3]

Early life and career

Secretan was born on 15 September 1758 in Lausanne to Pierre-Isaac Secretan, a lawyer, and Louise Rolaz du Rosey.[2] He studied Law in Lausanne and at the University of Tübingen, where he received a doctorate in 1780, becoming a lawyer in 1782.[2] Among his clients were Jacques Necker, Germaine de Staël and Benjamin Constant.[2]

Political career

Secretan began his political career as a member of the Council of Two Hundred of Lausanne.[2] He later held a position in the government of the Helvetic Republic (1798-1803), supporting a unitary state and Jewish emancipation.[2] After the end of the Republic, Secretan held various political and judicial offices in the new canton of Vaud and its capital, Lausanne.[2] He was appointed member of the commission charged with drafting the Federal Treaty, the new Swiss constitution, in 1814.[2] He served as a member of the Grand Council of Vaud from 1803 until his death on 24 May 1839, in Lausanne.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Rolf Singer, Robert E. Machol. - “Are Secretan's fungus names valid?”, Taxon, vol. 26, No 2/3 (May, 1977), pp. 251-255
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Louis Secretan in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
  3. ↑ International Plant Names Index.  Secr.


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