About Jean Koechlin
Lived 1926 – 2009 (aged 82–83). Jean Koechlin was a botanist.
Jean Koechlin (28 August 1920 – 13 September 2009) was a French botanist and Christian hymn writer.
Koechlin was born on 28 August 1920 in Basel, on the river Rhine, in northwestern Switzerland. He was a lifelong Plymouth Brethren, of the Exclusive Brethren that followed a division with William Kelly in 1881.
Koechlin authored the book Flore et Végétation de Madagascar with Jean-Louis Guillaumet and Philippe Morat. It is the standard work on the vegetation of Madagascar.
Koechlin died on 13 September 2009 in Francheville, Metropolis of Lyon, region of Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, eastern France. He was a grandson of Maurice Koechlin, structural engineer.
Books Flore et Végétation de Madagascar, 1974 Pas de réponse à ma prière?, 1993. Valence: Bibles et publications chrétiennes. Qui sont les vrais adorateurs?, 2004. Ibid.
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