Michel Bégon (naturalist)
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Not to be confused with his son Michel Bégon de la Picardière.
Michel Bégon (25 December 1638 – 14 March 1710) was a French colonial official and naturalist. He was intendant de la marine at the port of Rochefort and intendant of the généralité of La Rochelle, as well as a passionate plant collector (he met the naturalist Charles Plumier in the Antilles, and Plumier later named the begonia after him).