Francois Bonamy

Francois Bonamy (10 May 1710, Nantes – 5 January 1786, Nantes) was a French botanist and physician. He was the grandfather of adventurer Paul de la Gironiere (1797–1862).

In 1735 he obtained his medical doctorate, and for nearly fifty years, he taught classes in botany. At the University of Nantes, he served as regent to the medical faculty, as procureur general and as an academic rector. In 1737 he was named directeur de l'etablissement of the Jardin des plantes de Nantes. At his own expense, he maintained an botanical garden containing exotic plants.

He was a founding member of the Societe d'agriculture de Bretagne and a corresponding member of the Academie des belles-lettres, sciences et arts de La Rochelle.

The botanical genus Bonamia (family Convolvulaceae) was named in his honour by Louis-Marie Aubert du Petit-Thouars.