Jean Kickx (1775–1831), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Flemish botanist
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Place of Birth: Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
About Jean Kickx (1775–1831)
- Jean Kickx (9 March 1775 in Brussels – 27 March 1831 in Brussels) Son of Jacques Kickx (d.
- 1802) and Marie van Esschen (d.
- 1802) was a Belgian botanist and mineralogist.
- His son Jean Kickx (1803-1864) and grandson Jean Jacques Kickx (1842-1887) both became professors of botany at the University of Ghent. He worked as a professor of botany, pharmacy and mineralogy in Brussels, becoming a member of the Royal Belgian Academy in 1817.
- In 1827 Barthélemy Charles Joseph Dumortier named the genus Kickxia (family Plantaginaceae) in his honor.
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