About John Cocks
Lived 1787 – 1861 (aged 73–74). John Cocks was a British botanist and phycologist.
John Cocks (1787–1861) was a British phycologist.
He was the first to discover the red algae Stenogramme interrupta, on 21 Oct 1846.
Cocks edited the exsiccata Algarum fasciculi, or, a collection of British seaweeds, carefully dried and preserved, and correctly named after Dr. Harvey's "Phycologia Britannica", with a description of each plant, time of appearance, locality, etc.. The first fascicle was published in Dublin 1855, the others from 1856 to 1860 in Plymouth.
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Who was John Cocks?
British botanist (1787-1861)
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John Cocks was born in 1787.
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John Cocks died in 1861.
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John Cocks was a botanist and phycologist.
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John Cocks was British.
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