François Pourfour du Petit

1664 – 1741 France

anatomistnaturalistophthalmologist

Who was François Pourfour du Petit?

French anatomist, ophthalmologist and surgeon

Biographical data adapted from Wikipedia’s article on François Pourfour du Petit (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Born

Paris

Died

1741

Paris

Nationality

Zodiac Sign

Cancer

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