Louis Legendre

Louis Legendre (; born 16 February 1945) is a Canadian-trained oceanographer whose later career took him to France.

Education Legendre degreed in liberal arts (B.A.) and sciences (B.Sc., Zoology) at the University of Montreal in 1964 and 1967, respectively. He degreed in oceanography (Ph.D.) at Dalhousie University (Halifax, Canada) in 1971. 1986 – Michel-Jurdant Prize (with Pierre Legendre), ACFAS 1988 – Fellow, Royal Society of Canada 1997 – Prix Marie-Victorin, Government of Quebec 1997 – Honorary Doctorate, University of Liège, Belgium 2001 – ECI Prize

Selected publications Numerical Ecology (2012)