Jean Kickx
Jean Kickx (born January 17, 1803 in Brussels , † September 1, 1864 in Brussels) was a Belgian botanist . Its official botanical author's abbreviation is “ J.Kickx f. "
Jean Kickx was the son of Jean Kickx (Senior) and Jeanne-Catherine Van Merstraeten. He studied natural sciences at the University of Leuven , where he graduated in 1830 with a doctorate in pharmacy . He first took over his father's pharmacy, then worked in various medical institutions in Brussels, before taking up a professorship for botany and mineralogy in Brussels in 1834. After only a year he accepted a call to the University of Ghent , where he stayed until his death in 1864. From the 1840s he researched the cryptogam flora of north-western Belgium and began the work Flore cryptogamique des Flandres , which was completed by his son Jean Jacques Kickx and published in 1867.
literature
- Charles Poelman: Notice on Jean Kickx, membre titulaire de l'Académie . In: Annuaire de l'Académie Royale de Belgique. 31. 1865, pp. 101-124.
Web links
- Author entry and list of the described plant names for Jean Kickx at the IPNI
- http://www.calflora.net/botanicalnames/pageK.html
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kickx, Jean |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Flemish botanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 17, 1803 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brussels |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 1, 1864 |
| Place of death | Brussels |