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Astruc, Jean
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(Mar 19, 1684, Sauve, Languedoc – Mar 5, 1766, Paris) belonged to the Christian branch of a Jewish family that had lived for centuries in southern France. He was the son of a Huguenot pastor who converted to Catholicism when the Edict of Nantes was revoked (1685) but became a Protestant again before his death. Originally trained as a physician (professor of medicine at Toulouse, Montpellier, and Paris; appointed physician to the Polish king August II in 1728 and personal physician to Louis XV …

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Gertz, Jan Christian, “Astruc, Jean”, in: Religion Past and Present. Consulted online on 19 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_SIM_01202>
First published online: 2011
First print edition: ISBN: 9789004146662, 2006-2013



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