Joseph R. Roques
Joseph R. Roques, was a French botanist and physician noted for his materia medica work Phytographie médicale, histoire des substances héroiques et des poisons tirés du règne végétal. He was a student at the University of Montpellier, enrolling in the Faculty of Medicine. He subsequently moved to Paris, becoming eminent as a botanist. The plates of his Phytographie médicale were drawn and engraved by Edouard Hocquart.