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Etienne Francois Geoffroy

1672 - 1731

Born

13 February 1672

Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe

Died

06 January 1731

Paris, Île-de-France, France, Europe

Nationality
French
Gender
Male
Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
06/07/1698
Age at the time of election for Royal Society fellowship
26
Occupation
Apothecary; Physician
Relationships
Parents: Mathieu-François Geoffroy, Apothecary, of Paris, Louise (née Devaux) Siblings: Claude Joseph Geoffroy (FRS 1715) Spouse: Barbe Angélique Lézier (1705) Children: Étienne Louis Geoffroy (1725-1810), also Dean of the Faculty of Medicine and Professor of Medicine at the College de France; two daughters

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