Gaston de Saporta was a French aristocrat, palaeobotanist and non-fiction writer. Wikipedia
Born: July 28, 1823, Saint-Zacharie, France
Died: January 26, 1895 (age 71 years), Aix-en-Provence, France
Children: Antoine de Saporta and Louis de Saporta, Marquess of Saporta
Partner: Valentine de Forbin la Barben (1846–)
Grandparents: Ursule de Catelin and Étienne Laurent Joseph Hippolyte Boyer de Fonscolombe