Ernest Henry Tourlet (1843, in Chinon – 1907) was a French pharmacist and amateur botanist.
He studied pharmacy, natural sciences and chemistry in Paris, afterwards returning to his hometown of Chinon, where in 1868 he succeeded his father at the local pharmacy.
[1] He is credited with creating the most important herbarium in Indre-et-Loire (11,000 sheets of specimens showcasing 1530 species).
His "Catalogue raisonné des plantes vasculaires du département d'Indre-et-Loire" was unfinished at the time of his death.
[1] In 1866 he became an associate member of the Société botanique de France.