Henri Théophile Bocquillon (5 June 1834, Crugny – 15 May 1884,

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) was a French

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. In Paris, he successively worked as an instructor at the Lycée Napoleon (from 1858),

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(from 1862),

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(from 1864) and Lycée Fontanes (from 1867). At the latter two schools he served as chair of natural sciences. In 1862 he obtained his doctorate in natural sciences, and in 1866, he received his medical doctorate. In 1869 he became an associate professor to the faculty of medicine at Paris. He was a member of the

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and a chevalier of the

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. He was the

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of the genera '' Baillonia'', ''

Duboscia ''Duboscia'' is a small plant genus, with two species, in the family Malvaceae. The genus occurs from the Ivory Coast to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The genus was previously in the Tiliaceae, under the APG APG may refer to: * Aberdeen ...

'' and '' Desplatsia''.

Selected works

* ''Revue du groupe des Verbénacées'', 1861 – On the plant family

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. * ''Mémoire sur le groupe des Tiliacées'', 1867 – On the plant family

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. * ''Anatomie et physiologie des organes reproducteurs des champignons et des lichens'', 1869 – Anatomy and physiology involving the reproductive organs of fungi and

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s. * ''Manuel d'histoire naturelle médicale'', 1871 – Manual of medical natural history.OCLC WorldCat
published works

References

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