Jean Descemet, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Jean Descemet

French physician

Date of Birth: 20-Apr-1732

Date of Death: 17-Oct-1810

Profession: physician, botanist, anatomist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Jean Descemet is a French physician and botanist (1732–1810) who first described the Descemet's membrane.
He studied medicine in Paris (doctorate in 1757) and published a Catalogue des plantes du jardin de MM.
les apothicaires de Paris, suivant leurs genres et les caractères des fleurs, conformément à la méthode de M.
Tournefort (1759).
He is also known for his book Observations sur la choroide, that covers Choroid subject and was published in 1768 by De l'Imprimerie Royale.