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Pierre Adolphe Lesson
Adolphe Pierre Lesson
Born	24 May 1805 Rochefort, France
Died	16 May 1888(1888-05-16) (aged 82) Rochefort, France
Nationality	French
Other names	Pierre-Adolphe Lesson
Scientific career
Fields	botanist
Author abbrev. (botany)	A.Lesson

Pierre Adolphe Lesson (1805–1888), also as Pierre-Adolphe Lesson,^[1] was a French botanist. The standard author abbreviation A.Lesson is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[2]

• Lesson, A.; Richard, A. (1832). Tastu, J. (ed.). Voyage de découvertes de l'Astrolabe, exécuté par ordre du Roi pendant les années 1826-1827-1828-1829 sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Botanique [Voyage of Discovery of the Astrolabe, executed by order of the King during the years 1826-1827-1828-1829 under the command of Mr. J. Dumont of Urville. Botany] (in French). Paris.
• Lesson, A. (1844). Mercier; Devois (eds.). Voyage aux îles de Mangareva [Travel to the Mangareva Islands] (in French). Rochefort.
• Lesson, A. (1876). Triaud; Guy (eds.). Notes sur l'identité de la calenture et du delirium tremens [Notes on the identity of the caldera and delirium tremens] (in French). Rochefort.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Lesson, A. (1876). "Vanikoro et ses habitants" [Vanikoro and its inhabitants]. Revue d'Anthropologie (in French). 5: 252–272.
• Lesson, A. (1883). Leroux, Ernest (ed.). Les Polynésiens, leur origine, leurs migrations, leur langage [The Polynesians, their origin, their migrations, their language] (in French). Paris.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• Lesson, A. (1883). "Légendes géographiques des îles Marquises" [Geographical legends of the Marquesas Islands]. Bulletin de la Société de Géographie de Rochefort (in French). 5: 3–29.
• Lesson, A. (1884). Clouzot (ed.). Légendes des îles Hawaii tirées de Fornander et commentées avec une réponse à M. de Quatrefages [Legends of the Hawaiian Islands taken from Fornander and commented with a response to M. de Quatrefages] (PDF) (in French). Niort.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

• Bataille, Anne (1978). Le journal médical de Adolphe-Pierre Lesson, chirurgien de Dumont d'Urville sur l'Astrolabe (1826-1829) [The Medical Journal of Adolphe-Pierre Lesson, Surgeon of Dumont d'Urville on the Astrolabe (1826-1829)] (Thesis) (in French). University of Nantes.
• Parquet, Francis (1988). Le chirurgien naviguant du Pacifique, Pierre-Adolphe Lesson (1805-1888) [The Pacific Sailing Surgeon, Pierre-Adolphe Lesson (1805-1888)] (Thesis) (in French). University of Nantes.
• Stefani, Claude (2008). "Pierre-Adolphe Lesson un acteur et témoin méconnu de l'exploration du Pacifique dans la première moitié du XIX^e siècle" [Pierre-Adolphe Lesson an actor and little-known witness of the exploration of the Pacific in the first half of the 19th century]. Actes du colloque Lapérouse et les explorateurs du Pacifique, espaces de découvertes et savoirs scientifiques (1760-1840) [Proceedings of the Lapérouse symposium and the Explorers of the Pacific, spaces of discovery and scientific knowledge (1760-1840)] (PDF) (in French).
• Médiathèque municipale de Rochefort (2013). "Le fonds et l'œuvre de Pierre-Adolphe Lesson (1805-1888)" [The works of Pierre-Adolphe Lesson (1805-1888)] (in French).