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Lucien Leclerc

French orientalist · France · On the map · Doctors · Lived 1816 to 1893 · aged 76

Nicholas Lucien Leclerc was a French military doctor, translator, and influential early western historian of medicine in the medieval Islamic world. He was an assistant military surgeon in Algeria from 1840-44.

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Awards

Officer of the Legion of Honour1870
Knight of the Legion of Honour1861

About this person

His Histoire de la médecine arabe was one of the first major histories of Arabic medicine, but has subsequently been superseded in many areas.

Country
France
Category
Doctors
Type
Doctor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1816 to 1893 · aged 76