Prunus laurocerasus (Cherry laurel) with black cherries.,,French botanist Jean Baptiste Francois Pierre Bulliard was born around 1742 at Aubepierreen-Barrois (Haute Marne) and died on 26 September 1793 in Paris. He studied at Angers, and later illustrated and published a number of botanical and mycological works on French flora. He studied art and engraving under Francois Martinet, the celebrated artist of many of Buffon's natural history books.