Talk:Pierre Jean François Turpin

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I'm curious about how Turpin's date of birth was established for this article, which states it as 1775. Missouri Botanical Garden Library gives the date of birth as 1755. PatriciaT (talk) 17:17, 8 February 2012 (UTC)[reply]