Amédée-François Frézier
(1682-1773)
French military engineer and explorer
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Amédée-François Frézier (1682 – October 26, 1773) was a French military engineer, mathematician, spy, and explorer who is best remembered for bringing back five specimens of Fragaria chiloensis, the beach strawberry, from an assignment in South America, thus introducing this New World fruit to the Old. The standard author abbreviation Frez. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.
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1682 Chambéry, Savoy, France
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26 October 1773 (aged 91) Brest, Brittany, France
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