The LeConte (less correctly Le Conte) family of the US state of Georgia included a number of notable members:

• Louis LeConte (1782-1838), grower with botanical interests
• John LeConte (1818-1891), Louis' son, medicine, chemistry, physics, first professor at UC Berkeley
• Joseph LeConte (1823-1901), Louis' son, noted geologist, Sierra Club officer
• Joseph Nisbet LeConte , Joseph's son, UC Berkeley engineering professor, Sierra Club officer
• Emma LaConte , Joseph's daughter, writer
• John Eatton LeConte (1784-1860), Louis' brother, naturalist
• John Lawrence LeConte (1825-1883), John Eatton's son, noted entomologist

External link

• New George Encylopedia entry on the LeConte family