Horace Bénédict Alfred (Alfred) Moquin-Tandon (1804–63)

French botanist and naturalist. Professor of comparative physiology, Marseille, 1829–33; professor of natural history, faculty of science, Toulouse, 1833–8; professor of botany, Jardin des Plantes, 1834–52; professor of botany, faculty of science, 1838–52; professor of natural history and director of the Jardin des Plantes, faculty of medicine, Paris, 1853–63.