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'''Joseph-François Charpentier de Cossigny''' (1736-1809, later known Joseph-François Charpentier de Cossigny de Palma, abbreviated to Cossigny de Palma)) was born in [[Port Louis]] the son of [[Jean-François Charpentier de Cossigny]] an engineer of the [[French East India Company]]. He was also the cousin of [[David Carpenter Cossigny]], who was [[Governor of India]], Governor of Bourbon and Governor Mascarene. In 1773, while on a visit to Paris, Francois-Joseph Carpenter Cossigny, a scholar and politician, had asked the Colonial Secretary the right to establish a Chamber of Agriculture on the [[Isle de France]] (Mauritius) . The request was rejected, being considered a Cossigny "agitator" by the authorities, and the establishment of a representative body seen as an interference with the direct authority of the ministry. Cossigny de Palma moved to Mauritius where he founded a colony called [[Palma]], and created several acclimatisation gardens for imported fruit species. He is known for introducing the [[lychee]] to the islands of [[Bourbon]] and [[Ile de France]] in 1764 , after several trips to China and the East. He was an early member of the [[Institut de France]] in 1795.<ref>Cossigny carpenter, Joseph Francis. Memory for the colony of Isle de France, in response to specific memory and the shareholders of the East India Company. Paris, P. Fr Didot le Jeune, 1790. 37 p. 19 cm. </ref><ref>Cossigny carpenter, Joseph Francis. Summary Notes Summary Observations in response to, the Brief published for the colony of Isle de France. Paris, P. Fr Didot le Jeune, 1790. 16 p. 26 cm</ref><ref>Gray, John. A Note on Joseph Francois Cossigny Carpenter (1736-1809), Tanganyika Notes and Records, Volume 51 (1958), pp. 246-249.</ref> |
'''Joseph-François Charpentier de Cossigny''' (1736-1809, later known Joseph-François Charpentier de Cossigny de Palma, abbreviated to Cossigny de Palma)) was born in [[Port Louis]] the son of [[Jean-François Charpentier de Cossigny]] an engineer of the [[French East India Company]]. He was also the cousin of [[David Carpenter Cossigny]], who was [[Governor of India]], Governor of Bourbon and Governor Mascarene. In 1773, while on a visit to Paris, Francois-Joseph Carpenter Cossigny, a scholar and politician, had asked the Colonial Secretary the right to establish a Chamber of Agriculture on the [[Isle de France]] (Mauritius) . The request was rejected, being considered a Cossigny "agitator" by the authorities, and the establishment of a representative body seen as an interference with the direct authority of the ministry. Cossigny de Palma moved to Mauritius where he founded a colony called [[Palma]], and created several acclimatisation gardens for imported fruit species. He is known for introducing the [[lychee]] to the islands of [[Bourbon]] and [[Ile de France]] in 1764 , after several trips to China and the East. He was an early member of the [[Institut de France]] in 1795.<ref>Cossigny carpenter, Joseph Francis. Memory for the colony of Isle de France, in response to specific memory and the shareholders of the East India Company. Paris, P. Fr Didot le Jeune, 1790. 37 p. 19 cm. </ref><ref>Cossigny carpenter, Joseph Francis. Summary Notes Summary Observations in response to, the Brief published for the colony of Isle de France. Paris, P. Fr Didot le Jeune, 1790. 16 p. 26 cm</ref><ref>Gray, John. A Note on Joseph Francois Cossigny Carpenter (1736-1809), Tanganyika Notes and Records, Volume 51 (1958), pp. 246-249.</ref> |
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Joseph-François Charpentier de Cossigny (1736-1809, later known Joseph-François Charpentier de Cossigny de Palma, abbreviated to Cossigny de Palma)) was born in Port Louis the son of Jean-François Charpentier de Cossigny an engineer of the French East India Company. He was also the cousin of David Carpenter Cossigny, who was Governor of India, Governor of Bourbon and Governor Mascarene. In 1773, while on a visit to Paris, Francois-Joseph Carpenter Cossigny, a scholar and politician, had asked the Colonial Secretary the right to establish a Chamber of Agriculture on the Isle de France (Mauritius) . The request was rejected, being considered a Cossigny "agitator" by the authorities, and the establishment of a representative body seen as an interference with the direct authority of the ministry. Cossigny de Palma moved to Mauritius where he founded a colony called Palma, and created several acclimatisation gardens for imported fruit species. He is known for introducing the lychee to the islands of Bourbon and Ile de France in 1764 , after several trips to China and the East. He was an early member of the Institut de France in 1795.[1][2][3]
References
- ^ Cossigny carpenter, Joseph Francis. Memory for the colony of Isle de France, in response to specific memory and the shareholders of the East India Company. Paris, P. Fr Didot le Jeune, 1790. 37 p. 19 cm.
- ^ Cossigny carpenter, Joseph Francis. Summary Notes Summary Observations in response to, the Brief published for the colony of Isle de France. Paris, P. Fr Didot le Jeune, 1790. 16 p. 26 cm
- ^ Gray, John. A Note on Joseph Francois Cossigny Carpenter (1736-1809), Tanganyika Notes and Records, Volume 51 (1958), pp. 246-249.