Alfred Moquin-Tandon

Alfred Moquin-Tandon was a French botanist and naturalist whose work ranged across botany, zoology, medicine, and malacology. He taught in Marseille and Toulouse before becoming a professor of natural history and director of the Jardin des Plantes in Paris. His research included the Amaranthaceae, Corsican flora, and terrestrial and freshwater mollusks, while his publications also addressed medical zoology and plant morphology.