Jean François Gaultier

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Jean François Gaultier (6 October 1708 in La Croix-Avranchin – 10 July 1756 in Quebec) was a French physician and botanist.[1] He was the king's physician for New France[2] and was the regular physician at the Hôtel-Dieu de Québec.[2] Gaultier, being one of the leading naturalists in Canada, supported Swedish botanist Pehr Kalm in his 1749 exploring voyage of Quebec.[2]


Jean-François Gaultier married Madeleine-Marie-Anne on 12 March 1752.

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