| Authorised form of name | Garcin; Laurent (1683 - 1751) |
| Dates | 1683 - 1751 |
| Nationality | French |
| Place of birth | Grenoble, France |
| Date of birth | 1683 |
| Place of death | Neuchatel, Switzerland |
| Date of death | 1751 |
| Occupation | Physician |
| Research field | Physics |
| Botany |
| Ornithology |
| Activity | Education:
Rheims. MD
Career:
A Huguenot, he left France and served in the Dutch East India Company, sailing to India, Malaysia and the Cape of Good Hope; went to Switzerland, where he wrote articles on the flora and fauna of the Orient and tropical diseases for the 'Journal Helvetique'
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 22/10/1730 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DBF
Notes:
Proposed by Philip Miller; Paul de Saint Hyacinthe; Sir Hans Sloane |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/311193216 |
| Code | NA4513 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| LBO/21/21 | Copy paper by Laurent Garcin, Neuchatel | nd |
| CLP/10ii/12 | Paper, 'Description d'un nouveau genre de plante que je nomme oxyoïdes' by Monsieur [Laurent] Garcin | 5 January 1729 |
| CLP/10ii/14/2 | Plate, oxyoides malabarica sensitiva, oxyoids javanica sensitiva, and fruit of the musa by unknown artist | [1730] |
| EL/G2/15 | Letter, from Laurence Garcin to Hans Sloane, dated at Neuschatel in Switzerland | 23 October 1732 |
| CLP/15ii/16 | Paper, regarding 'Hirudinella marina' or sea leach by Laurent Garcin | 5 January 1729 |
| CLP/10ii/14/1 | Manuscript, 'Memoirs communicated by Monsr Garcin to Monsr St Hyacinthe FRS containing a description of a new family of plants called oxyoides; some remarks on the family of plants called musa; and a description of the hirudinella marina, or sea leach' by Laurent Garcin | [1730] |
| CLP/10ii/14 | Paper, 'Memoirs communicated by Monsr Garcin to Monsr St Hyacinthe FRS containing a description of a new family of plants called oxyoides; some remarks on the family of plants called musa; and a description of the hirudinella marina, or sea leach' by Laurent Garcin | [1730] |