Yves Pouliquen (17 February 1931 – 5 February 2020) was a French ophthalmologist. His work focused on the

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of the

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. Pouliquen was born in

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. In 1992, he was made a member of the Académie nationale de médecine. In 1994 he was awarded the

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and on 29 November 2001 he was elected to the Académie Française. Since 2006, he was the president of the Fondation Singer-Polignac. In 2000, Pouliquen was featured in the

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''Vies''. He was a member of the International Review Board of the ''Japanese Journal of Ophthalmology''.

Bibliography

*1967 ''La Transparence de la cornée'' (Masson) *1969 ''Atlas d'histologie et d'ultrastructure de l'œil'' (Masson) *1973 ''Les Homogreffes de la cornée'' (Masson) *1974 ''Les Lentilles souples'' (Masson) *1983 ''L'Herpès de la cornée, précis d'ophtalmologie'' (Masson) *1990 ''La Cataracte'' (Hermann) *1992 ''La Transparence de l'œil'' (Odile Jacob) *1995 ''Les Yeux de l'autre'' (Odile Jacob) *1999 ''Un oculiste au temps des lumières'' (Odile Jacob) *2003 ''Le Geste et l'esprit'' (Odile Jacob) *2006 ''Mme de Sévigné et la médecine du grand siècle'' (Odile Jacob)

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'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Pouliquen, Yves 1931 births 2020 deaths Members of the Académie Française Lycée Louis-le-Grand alumni University of Paris alumni French ophthalmologists People from Manche Grand Officers of the Legion of Honour Grand Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite Member of the Academy of the Kingdom of Morocco