Information about Jean Nicot
Jean Nicot (1530 - May 4 1600) was a French diplomat and scholar.
Born in Nîmes, in the south of France, he was French ambassador in Lisbon, Portugal from 1559 to 1561.
Jean Nicot was 29 years old in 1559 when he was sent from France to Portugal to negotiate the marriage of six-year-old Princess Marguerite de Valois to five-year-old King Sebastian of Portugal.
When Nicot returned, he brought tobacco plants. He introduced snuff to the French court. The queen mother, Catherine de' Medici, became an instant tobacco convert. The plant was also an instant success with the Father Superior of Malta, who shared tobacco with all of his monks. More and more of the fashionable people of Paris began to use the plant, making Nicot a celebrity.
At first, the plant was called Nicotina. But nicotine later came to refer only to the active ingredient of the plant.
The tobacco plant, Nicotiana, also a flowering garden plant, is named after him, as is nicotine.
Jean Nicot also compiled one of the first French dictionaries Thresor de la langue françoyse tant ancienne que moderne (published in 1606).
Born in Nîmes, in the south of France, he was French ambassador in Lisbon, Portugal from 1559 to 1561.
Jean Nicot was 29 years old in 1559 when he was sent from France to Portugal to negotiate the marriage of six-year-old Princess Marguerite de Valois to five-year-old King Sebastian of Portugal.
When Nicot returned, he brought tobacco plants. He introduced snuff to the French court. The queen mother, Catherine de' Medici, became an instant tobacco convert. The plant was also an instant success with the Father Superior of Malta, who shared tobacco with all of his monks. More and more of the fashionable people of Paris began to use the plant, making Nicot a celebrity.
At first, the plant was called Nicotina. But nicotine later came to refer only to the active ingredient of the plant.
The tobacco plant, Nicotiana, also a flowering garden plant, is named after him, as is nicotine.
Jean Nicot also compiled one of the first French dictionaries Thresor de la langue françoyse tant ancienne que moderne (published in 1606).
Scientific publications
Linnaeus named the genus Nicotonia, which contains two species of tobacco, after Jean Nicot.[] When organic chemists isolated the active ingredients from mind altering herbs, they used the sufix -ine to indicate their organic nature. The chemist who isolated nicotine, the active ingredient in tobacco, named it after Jean Nicot.[0]External links
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May 4 is the 1st day of the year (2nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 0 days remaining.
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Motto
Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité
"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
Anthem
"La Marseillaise"
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Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité
"Liberty, Equality, Fraternity"
Anthem
"La Marseillaise"
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Commune of
Nîmes
The Maison Carrée in Nîmes
Location
Coordinates
Administration
Country France
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Nîmes
The Maison Carrée in Nîmes
Location
Coordinates
Administration
Country France
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An ambassador is a diplomatic official accredited to a foreign sovereign or government, or to an international organization, to serve as the official representative of his or her own country.
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Lisbon
Municipal flag
Municipal coat of arms
Location
- Country Portugal
- Region Lisboa
- Subregion Grande Lisboa
- District or A.R.
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Municipal flag
Municipal coat of arms
Location
- Country Portugal
- Region Lisboa
- Subregion Grande Lisboa
- District or A.R.
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Anthem
"A Portuguesa"
Capital
(and largest city) Lisbon5
Official languages Portuguese1
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"A Portuguesa"
Capital
(and largest city) Lisbon5
Official languages Portuguese1
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Marguerite de Valois [1] [2] (May 14, 1553 – May 27, 1615), "Queen Margot" (La reine Margot) was Queen of France and Navarre.
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Early life
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Sebastian
King of Portugal
and the Algarves
of either side of the sea in Africa
Portrait of King Sebastian by Cristóvão de Moraes.
Reign June 11, 1557—August 4, 1578
(under the Regency of Catherine of Habsburg until 1562)
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King of Portugal
and the Algarves
of either side of the sea in Africa
Portrait of King Sebastian by Cristóvão de Moraes.
Reign June 11, 1557—August 4, 1578
(under the Regency of Catherine of Habsburg until 1562)
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Tobacco is an agricultural product processed from the fresh leaves of plants in the genus Nicotiana.
Tobacco has been growing on the American Continent since about 6000 BC and began being used by native cultures at about 3000 BC.
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Tobacco has been growing on the American Continent since about 6000 BC and began being used by native cultures at about 3000 BC.
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Snuff is a type of smokeless tobacco. There are several types, used in different ways, but traditionally it means Dry/European nasal snuff, which is insufflated.
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Types
Dry
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Catherine de' Medici
Queen consort of France
Catherine de' Medici, by François Clouet.
Coronation 10 June 1549, Saint-Denis
Born 13 April 1519
Florence
Died 5 January 1589
Château de Blois
Buried Saint-Sauveur, Blois.
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Queen consort of France
Catherine de' Medici, by François Clouet.
Coronation 10 June 1549, Saint-Denis
Born 13 April 1519
Florence
Died 5 January 1589
Château de Blois
Buried Saint-Sauveur, Blois.
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Nicotine is an alkaloid found in the nightshade family of plants (Solanaceae), predominantly in tobacco, and in lower quantities in tomato, potato, eggplant (aubergine), and green pepper. Nicotine alkaloids are also found in the leaves of the coca plant.
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Nicotiana
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Nicotiana refers to a genus of short-leafed plants of the nightshade family indigenous to North and South America. The leaves of various Nicotiana sp.
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Nicotiana refers to a genus of short-leafed plants of the nightshade family indigenous to North and South America. The leaves of various Nicotiana sp.
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A dictionary is a list of words with their definitions, a list of characters with their glyphs, or a list of words with corresponding words in other languages. In a few languages, words can appear in many different forms, but only the lemma form appears as the main word or headword
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Carolus Linnaeus (Carl von Linné)
Carl von Linné, Alexander Roslin, 1775. Currently owned by and hanging at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
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Carl von Linné, Alexander Roslin, 1775. Currently owned by and hanging at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
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