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Antoine-Augustin Parmentier
 
* 1737 Montdidier/Département Somme
+ 1813 Paris


   

Antoine-Augustin
                Parmentier 1737 - 1813

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.



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