Paul Henri Lecomte

Paul Henri Lecomte (8 January 1856, Saint-Nabord, Vosges, France - 12 June 1934, Paris) was a French botanist.

In 1884, after attaining a number of degrees, Lecomte became a professor at Lycée Saint-Louis in Paris. In addition to his teaching duties, he worked in the botany laboratory of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (French National Natural History Museum) under Philippe van Tieghem. Lecomte obtained his doctorate in 1889 and subsequently took part in scientific expeditions to North Africa, Egypt, the Antilles, French Guiana and French Indo-China.

In 1906, after having volunteered his time for some twenty years at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle, Lecomte was formally appointed to head the Spermatophyte Department, a paid position, succeeding Louis Édouard Bureau. In 1917, he was elected a member of the French Academy of Sciences. He authored over 15 books including: "Notions de botanique" ("Botanical Ideas"), [Lecomte, Paul Henri (1904) "Notions de botanique" Masson et cie, Paris, [http://worldcat.org/oclc/49440669 OCLC 49440669] ] "Formation de la vanilline dans la vanille" ("The Formation of Vanillin in Vanilla"), [Lecomte, Henri (1914) "Formation de la vanilline dans la vanille" Augustin Challamel, Paris, [http://worldcat.org/oclc/57658753 OCLC 57658753] ] "Les bois d’Indochine" ("The Trees of Indo-China") [Lecomte, Henri (1925) "Les bois d’Indochine" Agence Économique de l’Inochine, Paris [http://worldcat.org/oclc/9318081 OCLC 9318081] ] and "Madagascar: les bois de la forêt d'Analamazaotra" ("Madagascar: The Trees and Flowers of Analamazaotra (Andasibe)"). [Lecomte, Henri (1922) "Madagascar: les bois de la forêt d'Analamazaotra" A. Challamel, Paris, [http://worldcat.org/oclc/6596211 OCLC 6596211] ] He retired in 1931.

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* Jaussaud, Philippe and Brygoo, Édouard-Raoul (2004) "Du Jardin au Muséum en 516 Biographies" Publications scientifiques du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris, ISBN 2-85653-565-8