Henri Chermezon
Henri Chermezon was a French botanist.
From 1906 he worked as a botanical assistant at the Sorbonne in Paris. In 1919 he became chef des travaux in the department of botany at the University of Strasbourg, where he later served as a lecturer and as professor. In 1936 he was named director of its botanical garden.
He was a specialist in regards to tropical Cyperaceae, especially plants native to Madagascar. He also published works on sedges found in Senegal, Gabon, the Comoros, Belgian Congo and Ubangi-Shari. He is commemorated in the specific epithet of certain plants, examples being Carex chermezonii, or Cyperus chermezonianus.