Jean François Gaultier Explained

Jean François Gaultier should not be confused with Jean-François Gaultier de Biauzat.

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. Gaultier, being one of the leading naturalists in Canada, supported Swedish botanist Pehr Kalm in his 1749 exploring voyage of Quebec.

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

Notes and References

1. Book: Neil Stevens Forkey. Canadians and the Natural Environment to the Twenty-first Century. 1 January 2012. University of Toronto Press. 978-0-8020-4896-7. 18–19.
2. Encyclopedia: Boivin . Bernard . Jean François Gaultier . . 3 . 2020-04-23 .