1804 made a surgeon in the military hospital in Boulogne-sur-Mer
1806 serves with the army in Naples
1808 promoted to surgeon major in the king's guard
1814 re-commissioned in the "king's guard" by Murat [sic; Marat?]
1815 promoted to director of health services for the royal army
1830 - 1832 director of the military hospitals in "Sedan" [the Sudetenland? the Sudan?]
1832 retires from the army, goes to Paris and devotes himself to botany
Montagne is the original describer of Phytophthora infestans, the potato blightfungus (as Botrytis infestans). His other discoveries were not quite so important for history, but the ones I know of are all interesting, colorful, and easy-to-find fungi.
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