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French botanist
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Lecoq
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Place of birth
Avesnes-sur-Helpe, canton of Avesnes-sur-Helpe-Nord, arrondissement of Avesnes-sur-Helpe, Nord
Death
4 August 1871 (aged 69 years)
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Place of death
Clermont-Ferrand, Puy-de-Dôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Age
69 years
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Biography
- For disambiguation see: Lecoq
Henri Lecoq (18 April 1802 – 4 August 1871) was a French botanist. Charles Darwin mentioned this name in 1859 in the preface of his famous book On The Origin of Species as a believer in the modification of species. Darwin wrote:
The work referenced by Darwin is Lecoq's "Étude de la Géographie Botanique de l’Europe", published in 1854.
A number of plants carry the name of Lecoq in their descriptive names (see IPNI search). In addition a museum in his home town of Clermont Ferrand (France) is named after him.
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