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Botanist, born in Elsene (Ixelles) on 6 july 1880 en died in Brussels on 16 September 1965.<br/>
===Biography===
On 6 July 1880 Lucien Hauman was born in Elsene (Ixelles), the son of an engineer and a lawyer.<ref> Balle, Simonne, [http://www.academieroyale.be/academie/documents/FichierPDFBiographieNationaleTome2102.pdf#page=318 "Hauman Lucien"], In: ''Biographie Nationale'', vol. 44, kol. 606.</ref> 
He studied Greek-Latin at the Athenaeum of Chimay. He then took classes at the [[Gembloux Agro-Bio Tech|Institut Agronomique de Gembloux]]. In 1901 he graduated from this institute as an agricultural engineer.<ref> Homès, Marcel, [http://www.academieroyale.be/academie/documents/HAUMANLucienARB_19868573.pdf "Hauman Lucien"], In: ''Annuaire ARB'', jaargang 1986, p. 3.</ref> After obtaining his engineering diploma, he started work as an assistant to [[Bordet, Jules Jean Baptiste Vincent (1870-1961)|Jules Bordet]] at the [[Institut Pasteur of Brabant]].<br/>
In 1904, he was asked by the government of the republic of Argentina to hold a chair at the Higher Agranomic Institute in Buenos Aires. Here, Hauman taught botany, plant physiology and microbiology. From 1920, he also taught at the University of La Plata.<ref> Homès, Marcel, [http://www.academieroyale.be/academie/documents/HAUMANLucienARB_19868573.pdf "Hauman Lucien"], In: ''Annuaire ARB'', jaargang 1986, p. 4.</ref> He also carried out research in Argentina: he carried out botanical scoutwork in Argentina, collecting and observing plants.<ref> Balle, Simonne, [http://www.academieroyale.be/academie/documents/FichierPDFBiographieNationaleTome2102.pdf#page=318 "Hauman Lucien"], In: ''Biographie Nationale'', vol. 44, kol. 608.</ref> He was recruited as an attaché to the Museum of Natural History in Buenos Aires. In 1921, he became curator here.<ref> Homès, Marcel, [http://www.academieroyale.be/academie/documents/HAUMANLucienARB_19868573.pdf "Hauman Lucien"], In: ''Annuaire ARB'', jaargang 1986, p. 4.</ref> 
In 1926, upon the death of [[Massart, Jean (1865-1925)|Jean Massart]], he returned to Belgium and was appointed lecturer.<ref> Homès, Marcel, [http://www.academieroyale.be/academie/documents/HAUMANLucienARB_19868573.pdf "Hauman Lucien"], In: ''Annuaire ARB'', jaargang 1986, p. 5.</ref>  At the [[ULB]] he had a botanical garden and several greenhouses at his disposal. He used these locations to teach and conducted research..<ref> Balle, Simonne, [http://www.academieroyale.be/academie/documents/FichierPDFBiographieNationaleTome2102.pdf#page=318 "Hauman Lucien"], In: ''Biographie Nationale'', vol. 44, kol. 610.</ref> In 1928 he was promoted to ordinary professor at the [[ULB]]. He taught, among other things, general botany and plant physiology. He was given the title of honorary professor by the University of Buenos Aires.<ref> Homès, Marcel, [http://www.academieroyale.be/academie/documents/HAUMANLucienARB_19868573.pdf "Hauman Lucien"], In: ''Annuaire ARB'', jaargang 1986, p. 5.</ref> <br/>
As of 1930, he was secretary to the Faculty of Science at ULB. At the beginning of the Second World War, he was chairman of this faculty. He was also a member of the Administrative Committee of the university.<ref> Homès, Marcel, [http://www.academieroyale.be/academie/documents/HAUMANLucienARB_19868573.pdf "Hauman Lucien"], In: ''Annuaire ARB'', jaargang 1986, p. 8.</ref> 
He and the university's administrative committee were in conflict with the German occupiers. Hauman was imprisoned by the occupying forces in the citadel of Huy (Hoei). The university itself was closed down. After the liberation, he continued his scientific career.<ref> Balle, Simonne, [http://www.academieroyale.be/academie/documents/FichierPDFBiographieNationaleTome2102.pdf#page=318 "Hauman Lucien"], In: ''Biographie Nationale'', vol. 44, kol. 612.</ref><br/>
In 1948, he made another expedition to Congo. In 1949, he was invited to lecture at several congresses in Argentina. He also received an honorary doctorate from the University of Buenos Aires in this year.<br/>
He was admitted to emeritus status in 1950.<ref> Homès, Marcel, [http://www.academieroyale.be/academie/documents/HAUMANLucienARB_19868573.pdf "Hauman Lucien"], In: ''Annuaire ARB'', jaargang 1986, p. 8.</ref><br/>  
He became a corresponding member of the [[The Royal Academies for Science and the Arts of Belgium]] on 15 December 1927, an effective member on 15 December 1931 and the director of the Science Class in 1946.<br/>
In 1936 he became an associate member of the Class of Natural Sciences and Medicine at the [[Royal Academy for Overseas Sciences|Royal Academy of Colonial Sciences]]. In 1954 he became an effective member and in 1958 he became the President of the Class of Natural Sciences and Medicine.<ref> Homès, Marcel, [http://www.academieroyale.be/academie/documents/HAUMANLucienARB_19868573.pdf "Hauman Lucien"], In: ''Annuaire ARB'', jaargang 1986, p. 7.</ref>
In 1906, he became a member of the [[Royal Botanical Society of Belgium]], and in 1933 and 1934 its president. He was its secretary from 1947 and 1948.<ref> Homès, Marcel, [http://www.academieroyale.be/academie/documents/HAUMANLucienARB_19868573.pdf "Hauman Lucien"], In: ''Annuaire ARB'', jaargang 1986, p. 9.</ref> <br/>
He won the [[Decennial Prize of the Belgian Government for Botanical Sciences]].<ref> Balle, Simonne, [http://www.academieroyale.be/academie/documents/FichierPDFBiographieNationaleTome2102.pdf#page=318 "Hauman Lucien"], In: ''Biographie Nationale'', vol. 44, kol. 614.</ref>
In 1920, he won the Croicy Prize of the Parisian Academy. The same year, he also won the [[François Crépin prize]] and in 1935 the [[Léo Errera prize]].<ref> Homès, Marcel, [http://www.academieroyale.be/academie/documents/HAUMANLucienARB_19868573.pdf "Hauman Lucien"], In: ''Annuaire ARB'', jaargang 1986, p. 9.</ref> <br/>      
He died in Brussels on 16 September 1965.<br/>
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===Work===
In Argentina, he conducted research on plant diseases in cultivated plants. He also described a series of such parasites, including the ''Mucor stolonifer'' on the ''Ipomea batatas''.<ref> Homès, Marcel, [http://www.academieroyale.be/academie/documents/HAUMANLucienARB_19868573.pdf "Hauman Lucien"], In: ''Annuaire ARB'', jaargang 1986, p. 11.</ref> <br/> 
He wrote the first volumes of the ''Catalogue des Phanérogames de l'Argentine''.<ref> Homès, Marcel, [http://www.academieroyale.be/academie/documents/HAUMANLucienARB_19868573.pdf "Hauman Lucien"], In: ''Annuaire ARB'', 1986, p. 14.</ref> <br/>
Upon his return to Belgium, he initially continued his research on the Argentinian flora. However, his attentian soon shifted to the flora of Congo, the Belgian colony.<ref> Balle, Simonne, [http://www.academieroyale.be/academie/documents/FichierPDFBiographieNationaleTome2102.pdf#page=318 "Hauman Lucien"], In: ''Biographie Nationale'', vol. 44, kol. 610.</ref> <br/>
He participated in the editing of ''Flore du Congo'', a project supervised by the [[National Institute for Agronomic Study of the Belgian Congo]] ([https://www.bestor.be/wiki_nl/index.php/Nationaal_Instituut_voor_de_Landbouwkunde_in_Belgisch_Congo NILCO]/[https://www.bestor.be/wiki/index.php/Institut_National_pour_l%27%C3%89tude_Agronomique_du_Congo_belge INEAC]).<ref> Balle, Simonne, [http://www.academieroyale.be/academie/documents/FichierPDFBiographieNationaleTome2102.pdf#page=318 "Hauman Lucien"], In: ''Biographie Nationale'', vol. 44, kol. 613.</ref><br/> In 1932, there was the Belgian science mission to the Ruwenzori, organised on the initiative of the Belgian Alpine Club with Hauman describing its elevational zonation of plant growth.<ref> Marc Poncelet, Henri Nicolaï, Jacques Delhal, Jean-Jacques Symoens, [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/hall014gesc02_01/hall014gesc02_01_0044.php "De overzeese wetenschappen"] in Robert Halleux et al. (red.), ''Geschiedenis van de wetenschappen in België, 1815-2000'', vol 2, Brussel, Dexia/La Renaissance du Livre, 2001, p. 261.</ref> <br/> 
1934 saw the publication of the ''Catalogue des Ptéridophytes et Phanérogames de la flore belge''.<ref> Lawalrée, André, [http://www.dbnl.org/tekst/hall014gesc02_01/hall014gesc02_01_0022.php "De plantkunde"], In: {{Halleux 2}}, p. 250.</ref><br/>
Between 1942 and 1964, he studied and described 22 plant families and 125 species.<ref> Balle, Simonne, [http://www.academieroyale.be/academie/documents/FichierPDFBiographieNationaleTome2102.pdf#page=318 "Hauman Lucien"], In: ''Biographie Nationale'', vol. 44, kol. 613.</ref> <br/>
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'''History of science'''<br/>
He wrote 27 biographies of Belgian botanists and other scientists of the 19th century.<ref> Balle, Simonne, [http://www.academieroyale.be/academie/documents/FichierPDFBiographieNationaleTome2102.pdf#page=318 "Hauman Lucien"], In: ''Biographie Nationale'', vol. 44, kol. 610.</ref><br/>
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'''Publication of courses'''<br/>
In 1910, he published ''Botanica'', a groundwork for his teaching.<ref> Homès, Marcel, [http://www.academieroyale.be/academie/documents/HAUMANLucienARB_19868573.pdf "Hauman Lucien"], In: ''Annuaire ARB'', jaargang 1986, p. 13.</ref>  <br/>
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===Publications===
* A list with publication can be found in: Homès, Marcel, [http://www.academieroyale.be/academie/documents/HAUMANLucienARB_19868573.pdf "Hauman Lucien"], In: ''Annuaire ARB'', jaargang 1986, p. 30-58. <br/>
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===Bibliography===
* Homès, Marcel, [http://www.academieroyale.be/academie/documents/HAUMANLucienARB_19868573.pdf "Hauman Lucien"], In: ''Annuaire ARB'', jaargang 1986, p. 3-30.
* Balle, Simonne, [http://www.academieroyale.be/academie/documents/FichierPDFBiographieNationaleTome2102.pdf#page=318 "Hauman Lucien"], In: ''Biographie Nationale'', vol. 44, kol. 605-615.<br/>
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