Jonathan Couch | |
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| Born | 15 March 1789 |
| Died | 13 April 1870 (aged 81) Polperro, Cornwall, England |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Ichthyology |
Jonathan Couch (15 March 1789 – 13 April 1870) was a British naturalist, the only child of Richard and Philippa Couch, of a family long resident at Polperro, a small fishing village between Looe and Fowey, on the south coast of Cornwall.[1] A blue plaque on the wall of Warren cottage commemorates his birthplace.[2]
- ^ Bettany, G. T. (1887). "Couch, Jonathan (1789–1870), naturalist, by G. T. Bettany". Dictionary of National Biography Vol. XXII. Smith, Elder & Co. Retrieved 15 December 2007.
- ^ Photographed opposite "old Watch House" 25 March 2012