{"id":2750,"date":"2025-04-23T09:27:49","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T09:27:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parastatal1.govmu.org\/ssrbg\/?page_id=2750"},"modified":"2025-04-24T05:13:25","modified_gmt":"2025-04-24T05:13:25","slug":"avenue-jacques-henri-bernardin-de-saint-pierre-1737-1814","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ssrbg.govmu.org\/ssrbg\/?page_id=2750","title":{"rendered":"Avenue Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint Pierre (1737-1814)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2750\" class=\"elementor elementor-2750\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-abf7118 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"abf7118\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-388a657 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"388a657\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c2d218a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c2d218a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint Pierre is a French botanist and writer born on the 19th of January 1737, in Havre, France.<\/p><p>In 1760, Bernardin de St Pierre joined the army as an engineer but is destituted due to insubordination. He then stayed briefly in Paris before moving around Europe to Holland, Russia, Germany and Poland.<\/p><p>At the end of 1766, Bernardin returned to Paris and unsuccessfully wrote about his voyages. He obtained his license as a Captain engineer and departed for <em>Isle de France<\/em> in 1768.<\/p><p>On his arrival on the island, Bernardin de St Pierre was appalled of the extent of deforestation caused by the agricultural and real estate expansion. He tried to convince the Governor of <em>Isle de France<\/em> about the necessity of conserving the primary forests for the island\u2019s sustainable development.<\/p><p>In 1771, after a stay of three years in the Mascarenes, Bernardin de St Pierre; aged 34, returned to Paris .<\/p><p>In 1773, he published <em>Voyage \u00e0 l\u2019Isle de France, \u00e0 l\u2019Isle Bourbon, au cap de Bonne-Esp\u00e9rance, par Un Officier du Roi<\/em>.<\/p><p>Bernardin de Saint Pierre took inspiration from the shipwreck of the St G\u00e9ran on the eastern coast of <em>Isle de France<\/em> in 1744 to write his novel <em>Paul et Virginie<\/em> in 1788. This novel was set to become a best seller and a reference in French Literature.<\/p><p>Two statues linking Bernardin de St Pierre and the protagonists of <em>Paul et Virginie<\/em> have since been erected in the <em>Jardin des Plantes<\/em> in Paris and in the SSR Botanic Garden in Mauritius.<\/p><p>Bernardin de St Pierre was appointed as Intendant of <em>Jardin des Plantes<\/em> in 1791. He performed as a professor at the <em>Ecole Normale Sup\u00e9rieure<\/em> before becoming a member of <em>Institut de France<\/em> in 1795.<\/p><p>He was elected at the <em>Acad\u00e9mie Fran\u00e7aise<\/em> in 1803 and was awarded the distinction <em>Chevalier de<\/em> <em>La L\u00e9gion d\u2019Honneur<\/em> in 1806<\/p><p>Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint Pierre\u00a0\u00a0 was 77 years old when he passed away in 1814. He is remembered as a popular wiseman.<\/p><p>A well-versed quote from Bernardin de St Pierre is inscribed on The Obelisque Li\u00e9nard in the SSR Botanic Garden in Pamplemousses that reads:<\/p><p>\u201c<em>Le don d\u2019une plante utile me para\u00eet plus pr\u00e9cieux que la d\u00e9couverte d\u2019une mine d\u2019or et un monument plus durable qu\u2019une pyramide<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jacques-Henri Bernardin de Saint Pierre is a French botanist and writer born on the 19th of January 1737, in Havre, France. In 1760, Bernardin de St Pierre joined the army as an engineer but is destituted due to insubordination. He then stayed briefly in Paris before moving around Europe to Holland, Russia, Germany and Poland. 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