Biographical Records

Lesquereux, Charles Leo

Subject ID: 16101

Last Name: Lesquereux
First Name: Charles
Middle Names: Leo
Birth Date: 18 November 1806
Birth Place: Fleurier, Switzerland
Death Date: 25 October 1889
Death Place: Columbus, OH
Gender: male
Other Holdings: Five unpublished original drawings are in the Museum of Natural History of the Smithsonian. They are in the care of Dr. Francis Huber.
Notes: Portrait in HI portrait collection. Settled in America, 1848; made important studies on fossil plants. Most common name form is Leo Lesquereux.

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Alternate Names

  • Charles Leo Lesquereux
  • Leo Charles Lesquereux
  • Lesquereux, Charles Leo
  • Lesquereux, Leo
  • Lesquereux, Léon

Specialties

Naturalism, Palaeobotany