Frédéric Charles Jean Gingins de la Sarraz

Frédéric Charles Jean Gingins de la Sarraz (14 August 1790, Éclépens – 27 February 1863, Lausanne) was a Swiss historian and botanist.

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 member of the Société d'histoire de la Suisse romande, and from 1840 was a full member of the Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Savoie.

In 1823 he published a treatise on the botanical family Violaceae titled "Mémoire sur la famille des Violacées". As a taxonomist he described a number of species within the genus Viola. In 1828 Augustin Pyramus de Candolle named the genus Ginginsia in his honor.

Ging (film)

Ging is a film produced in the Philippines and released in 1964. The film is in the Filipino and Tagalog languages.

The title of the movie is a girl's name.

The film is a family drama and was released by People's Pictures on 20 January 1964. It was directed by Cirio H. Santiago and Teodorico C Santos.

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