Education
In 1830 he obtained his Doctor of Philosophy at Leuven, later serving as a professor of botany in Brussels (1831–1835) and at the University of Ghent (1835–1864).
In 1830 he obtained his Doctor of Philosophy at Leuven, later serving as a professor of botany in Brussels (1831–1835) and at the University of Ghent (1835–1864).
Jean Kickx (17 January 1803, Brussels – 1864) was a Belgian botanist. The mycological genus Kickxella (order Kickxellales) was named in his honor by Eugène Coumans.