Henri Lecoq
Deceased Person
1802 – 1871
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Who was Henri Lecoq?
Henri Lecoq 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. In addition a museum in his home town of Clermont Ferrand is named after him.
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