Charles Patin (23 February 1633 - 10 October 1693) was a French physician and numismatist. He was the son of

Guy Patin Guy (or Guido) Patin (1601 in Hodenc-en-Bray, Oise – 30 August 1672 in Paris) was a French doctor and man of letters. Patin was doyen (or dean) of the Faculty of Medicine in Paris (1650–1652) and professor in the Collège de France start ...

, dean of the school of medicine in Paris, and a friend of

Jacob Spon Jacob Spon (or Jacques; in English dictionaries given as James) (1647 in Lyon – 25 December 1685, in Vevey, Switzerland) was a French doctor and archaeologist, was a pioneer in the exploration of the monuments of Greece, and a scholar of inte ...

. Trained first by his father, he obtained a law degree and then chose to study medicine. He became best known for his numismatic work. He married the moralist author

Madeleine Patin Madeleine Patin (c.1643 – 28 September 1722), born Madeleine Hommetz, was a French moralist author. The wife of medical doctor and numismatist Charles Patin, and daughter of medical doctor and letter writer Guy Patin, Madeleine Patin wrote p ...

: their daughter

Gabrielle-Charlotte Patin Gabrielle-Charlotte Patin (1666 in Paris, France – 1751 in Padua, Italy) was a French numismatist, writer and painter during the 17th century. She was the granddaughter of medical doctor and letter writer Guy Patin, daughter of medical do ...

became a painter and numismatist, and their daughter

Charlotte-Catherine Patin Charlotte-Catherine Patin (2 January 1666 in Paris – 1744) was a 17th- and 18th-century French writer and art critic. Granddaughter of medical doctor and letter writer Guy Patin, and daughter of medical doctor and numismatist Charles Pati ...

became a writer.

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* 1633 births 1693 deaths 17th-century French writers 17th-century French male writers 17th-century French physicians French medical writers French numismatists Writers from Paris French male non-fiction writers {{France-med-bio-stub