Reunion/France: Marble bust of Pierre Poivre (23 August 1719 - 6 January 1786) at the Jardin de l'État, Reunion. Photo by Thierry Caro (CC BY-SA License). Pierre Poivre was a French horticulturalist born in Lyon; missionary to China and Cochinchina, Intendant of the Islands of Mauritius and Bourbon, and wearer of the cordon of St. Michel. Poivre was an uncle to renowned French naturalist Pierre Sonnerat (1748-1814). In his early 20s he was a missionary in Far Eastern locations such as Cochinchina, Guangzhou and Macau. In the 1760s, Poivre became administrator of Ile de France (Mauritius)

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