Jean François Gaultier

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]

Not to be confused with Jean-François Gaultier de Biauzat.

References

1. Neil Stevens Forkey (1 January 2012). Canadians and the Natural Environment to the Twenty-first Century. University of Toronto Press. pp. 18–19. ISBN 978-0-8020-4896-7.
2. Boivin, Bernard. "Jean François Gaultier". Dictionary of Canadian Biography. 3. Retrieved 2020-04-23.