Jean François Gaultier (6 October 1708 in La Croix-Avranchin – 10 July 1756 in

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) was a French physician and botanist. He was the king's physician for

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and was the regular physician at the

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. Gaultier, being one of the leading naturalists in Canada, supported Swedish botanist

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in his 1749 exploring voyage of Quebec. Jean-François Gaultier married Madeleine-Marie-Anne on 12 March 1752.

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18th-century French botanists People from the Province of Normandy 1708 births 1756 deaths 18th-century French physicians People of New France {{France-botanist-stub