Joseph R. Roques, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French botanist and physician
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Place of Birth: Valence-d'Albigeois, Occitania, France
About Joseph R. Roques
- Joseph R.
- Roques (1772-1850), was a French botanist and physician noted for his materia medica work "Phytographie médicale, histoire des substances héroiques et des poisons tirés du règne végétal" ('Medical phytography, a history of powerful substances and poisons from the plant kingdom').
- He was a student at the University of Montpellier, enrolling in the Faculty of Medicine.
- He subsequently moved to Paris, becoming eminent as a botanist.
- The plates of his "Phytographie médicale" were drawn and engraved by Edouard Hocquart.
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