Th
Louis-Jeantet Foundation
was set up in Geneva in 1982 according to the wish of the Geneva-resident French businessman Louis Jeantet, having been endowed with his fortune upon his death from

cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Possible signs and symptoms include a lump, abnormal b ...

in 1981. The Foundation commenced activities in 1983. It funds the Louis-Jeantet Prize, and a number of professorships at the Faculty of Medicine of the

University of Geneva The University of Geneva (French: ''Université de Genève'') is a public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded in 1559 by John Calvin as a theological seminary. It remained focused on theology until the 17th centur ...

. The grounds of Geneva's ''Fondation Louis-Jeantet'' contain a 15 by 15 sq. m. courtyard within a sunken ''

hortus conclusus ''Hortus conclusus'' is a Latin term, meaning literally "enclosed garden". At their root, both of the words in ''hortus conclusus'' refer linguistically to enclosure. It describes a genre of garden that was enclosed as a practical concern, a majo ...

'' (''i.e.'' an enclosed garden) with an area of about 1300 sq. m.p. 143p. 145p. 146
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