Swiss botanist (1790-1863).
Frédéric Charles Jean Gingins de la Sarraz (14 August 1790 – 27 February 1863) was a Swiss historian and botanist. Gingins was born 14 August 1790 in Éclépens. From 1817 to 1828 he worked as a translator of the French language in the State Chancellery at Bern. In 1844 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Bern and in 1854 was awarded an honorary professorship at the Academy of Lausanne. As a historian, he published numerous works from 1833 up until his death in 1863, most notably writings associated with the First and Second Kingdoms of Burgundy. In 1837 he was a founding me