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1773 – 1858Aime Bonpland (1773-1858)Died 11 May 1858, aged 84Bonpland was a French botanist and explorer who accompanied Alexander von Humboldt on his celebrated five-year expedition through Latin America. He later settled in South America, where he studied yerba mate cultivation until his death.