Paul Mouterde

Paul Mouterde (1892– 14 January 1972) was a French Jesuit missionary and naturalist,^[1] and the director of the Oriental Library at the Saint Joseph University of Beirut.^[2]

Paul Mouterde
Picture of Paul Mouterde, taken on 6 May 1967 in Beirut.
Born	Bruyères
Died	Bruyères
Nationality	French
Scientific career
Fields	Botany, Zoology, Ethnology
Author abbrev. (botany)	Mouterde

He published two previously unknown homilies of fifth-century Syriac poet-theologian Jacob of Serugh,^[3] and multiple works on Levantine flora, including a three-volume work on the flora of Lebanon and Syria.^[4][5][6]

Early life

Paul Mouterde was born in 1862 in Bruyères, in the French Department of Vosges. His father was Professor of Law at the Catholic University of Lyon.^[7]

Selected works

• Petite flore des environs de Beyrouth (1935)
• La Flore du Djebel Druze (1953)
• Deux homélies inédites de Jacques de Saroug (1944)
• Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie (1966–1978)