Suzanne Leclercq

Suzanne Célina Marie Julie Joséphine Leclercq (28 March 1901 – 12 June 1994) was a Belgian paleobotanist and paleontologist known for her study of Devonian period plants. She was president of the Geological Society of Belgium from 1953 to 1954. She was a professor of stratigraphy and paleophytology at the University of Liège. She won a number of prizes including the François Crépin Triennial Prize, the Agathon De Potter Prize in 1953, and in 1958 the Henri Buttgenbach Prize.

Biography Leclercq was born in 1901 in Liège, her parents were Xavier Leclercq, an industrialist, and Julie Gustin. Leclercq earned her Ph.D. at the University of Liège. She is known for her study of Devonian period plants.

Leclercq won a number of awards during her career, including the Kerkhove d'Exaerde Prize for Science, the François Crépin Triennial Prize, awarded by the Royal Botanical Society of Belgium, the Agathon De Potter Prize in 1953, and in 1958 the Henri Buttgenbach Prize.