Antoine-Augustin Parmentier (1737-1813) was a French pharmacist and agronomist, vocal promoter of the potato as a food source for humans in France and throughout Europe. First mandatory smallpox vaccination campaign under Napoleon beginning in 1805, when he was Inspector-General of the Health Service, pioneering the extraction of sugar from sugar beets. France. Europe. Old 19th century engraved illustration from Portraits et histoire des hommes utile by Societe Montyon et Franklin 1837

---

Size: 5906px × 5713px
Photo credit: © Old Books Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: &, 1737, 1813, 19th, aged, agronomist, ancient, antique, antiquity, antoine, archival, archive, art, artist, arts, artwork, augustin, augustine, book, books, century, character, craft, cultural, culture, drawing, editorial, engraved, engraving, europe, european, famous, fashioned, figure, fine, france, francois, french, graphic, head, headshot, heritage, historic, historical, history, illustrated, illustration, illustrative, illustres, image, images, important, lithograph, male, man, nostalgia, notorious, nutritionist, parmentier, people, person, personage, personality, pharmacist, photography, picture, portrait, print, relevant, retro, shoulders, stock, textbook, vertical, vintage, wel