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Antoine-Augustin
Parmentier
* 1737 Montdidier/Département Somme
+ 1813 Paris
Antoine-Augustin Parmentier was a French pharmacist and
agronomist,
best remembered as a vocal promoter of the potato
as a food source for humans in France and throughout Europe.
He was also a pioneer of the extraction of sugar from sugar beets.
2025 J. Giesen