Charles Isidore Douin (1858 – 1944) was a French bryologist who was a native of Bouville, Eure-et-Loir.[1]

Charles Isidore Douin
Born	28 February 1858  Bouville
Died	7 June 1944  (aged 86) Chartres
Occupation	Botanist
Awards	Prix de Coincy (1920)

Biography

He taught school in Chartres, and was the author of a highly regarded work on mosses and liverworts titled Nouvelle flore des mousses et des hépatiques pour la détermination facile des espèces (1892). He also published a book involving bryology of Eure-et-Loir, Muscinées d'Eure-et-Loir (1906).[2]

The liverwort genus Douinia from the family Scapaniaceae is named in his honor in 1928.[3][4]

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