John Cocks (phycologist)

John Cocks (1787–1861) was a British phycologist.

He was the first to discover the red algae Stenogramme interrupta,Published: 1825. Algarum Fasciculi; or A Collection of British Sea-weeds, Carefully Dried and Preserved, and correctly named. University Press, Dublin. Purchased 1991 by Ulster Museum specimens catalogued: F8968 - F9145. on 21 Oct 1846.William Henry Harvey (1857) Synopsis of British Seaweeds, pp103 Lovell Reeve, London. Link Retrieved 3 May 2010

Cocks edited the exsiccata Algarum fasciculi, or, a collection of British seaweeds, carefully dried and preserved, and correctly named after Dr. Harvey's "Phycologia Britannica", with a description of each plant, time of appearance, locality, etc.. The first fascicle was published in Dublin 1855, the others from 1856 to 1860 in Plymouth.Triebel, D. & Scholz, P. 2001–2024 IndExs – Index of Exsiccatae. Botanische Staatssammlung München: http://indexs.botanischestaatssammlung.de. – München, Germany.

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