Jules Léopold Gravereaux (1 May 1844 in Vitry-sur-Seine – 23 March 1916 in Paris) was a French rosarian. He was a top executive at the department store Le Bon Marché and in 1892 purchased land at the village of L'Haÿ about 8 km south of Paris. There, he built the first ever complete garden devoted exclusively to roses, the Roseraie de L'Haÿ. It became so popular that a few years later the village changed its name to L'Haÿ-les-Roses.
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1 May 1844 Vitry-sur-Seine, Paris, France
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Died |
23 March 1916 (aged 71) Paris, France
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Zodiac | Taurus |
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