Henri Lecoq
1802–71
French naturalist and vulcanologist. Professor of natural history, University of Clermont-Ferrand, and director of the city’s botanic garden, 1826–54. Taught at the Preparatory School of Medicine and Pharmacy, Clermont-Ferrand, from 1840; professor, science faculty, from 1854. Published widely on botany, agriculture, and meteorology.
Sources
Grande encyclopédie
Sarjeant 1980–96.
Bibliography
Grande encyclopédie: La grande encyclopédie inventaire raisonné des sciences, des lettres et des arts. Edited by F. Camille Dreyfus et al. 31 vols. Paris: H. Lamirault; Société Anonyme de la Grande Encyclopédie. [1886–1902.]
Sarjeant, William A. S. 1980–96. Geologists and the history of geology: an international bibliography. 10 vols. including supplements. London: Macmillan. Malabar, Fla.: Robert E. Krieger Publishing.
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