French botanist (1706-1767).
François Boissier de Sauvages de Lacroix (May 12, 1706 – February 19, 1767) was a French physician and botanist who was a native of Alès, Languedoc. He was the brother of naturalist Pierre Augustin Boissier de Sauvages (1710—1795). He received his education at the University of Montpellier, where he studied botany with Pierre Baux (1708-1790). After spending a few years in Paris, he returned to Montpellier in 1734, where he served as a professor of physiology and pathology. Following the death of François Ayme Chicoyneau (1702-1740), he was named to the chair of botany. At Montpellier, he mad