Robert Debré (7 December 1882 – 29 April 1978) was a French

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pediatrician Pediatrics ( also spelled ''paediatrics'' or ''pædiatrics'') is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. In the United Kingdom, paediatrics covers many of their youth until the ...

) at Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital in Paris. The largest pediatric hospital in Paris, l' Hôpital Robert-Debré - located in the North-East part of Paris (19th arrondissement) - is named after him.Hôpital Robert-Debré; accueil
/ref> Debré was born in

Sedan, Ardennes Sedan () is a commune in the Ardennes department and Grand Est region of north-eastern France. It is also the chef-lieu (administrative centre) of the arrondissement of the same name. Location The town is situated about 200 km from Paris, ...

. A member of the

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, he was a colleague and close friend of professors Jean Quenu and

Albert Besson Albert Besson (18 April 1896 – 17 May 1965) was a French hygienist, physician and member of the French Académie Nationale de Médecine. Biography He was born in Montgeron. In 1916, as officer cadet, he was seriously injured at the fort Vaux, ...

, who in 1950 identified cats to be the natural reservoir of the

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. He is the father and grandfather of influential French government ministers; see Debré family. In 1946, he wrote with Prof. Paul Rohmer a famous manual entitled "Traité de Pathologie Infantile" (2500 pages, 2 volumes) which became a reference for a whole generation of

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