Charles Coquerel
Jean Charles Coquerel was a French navy surgeon, algologist, and entomologist.
Coquerel collected insects in Madagascar and neighbouring islands. A number of these were described after his death by Léon Fairmaire in his Notes sur les Coléopteres recueillis par Charles Coquerel a Madagascar et sur les côtes d'Afrique. During his lifetime Coquerel wrote a number of articles and books, including an appendix on insects in Auguste Vinson's Voyage à Madagascar au couronnement de Radama II.
A number of animals are named after him, including the Coquerel's coua, the Coquerel's sifaka, and the Coquerel's giant mouse lemur, each of these species is endemic to Madagascar.
Coquerel's insect collection is in the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle in Paris.
