Jean Kickx, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jean Kickx

Belgian botanist

Date of Birth: 17-Jan-1803

Place of Birth: Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium

Date of Death: 01-Sep-1864

Profession: botanist, mycologist

Nationality: Belgium

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Jean Kickx (17 January 1803, Brussels – 1864) was a Belgian botanist.
His father, also known as Jean Kickx (1775–1831) was a botanist and mineralogist; his son Jean Jacques Kickx (1842–1887) was a professor of botany at the University of Ghent. In 1830 he obtained his PhD at Leuven, later serving as a professor of botany in Brussels (1831–1835) and at the University of Ghent (1835–1864).
He was a co-founder of the Société royale de botanique de Belgique.The mycological genus Kickxella (order Kickxellales) was named in his honor by Eugène Coumans.