- Symphorien Champier
Symphorien Champier (1471–1538), a
Lyon nese doctor born inSaint-Symphorien ,France , was a relation of the Chevalier de Bayard through his wife, Marguerite Terrail.Life
A doctor of medicine at
Montpellier , Champier was the personal physician ofAntoine, Duke of Lorraine , whom he followed toItaly withLouis XII , attending to several battles, and finally settling in Lyon. He worked in Lyon alongsideFrançois Rabelais (who wrote satyrically of him in "Gargantua and Pantagruel "), where he established the "College of the Doctors of Lyon". There he fulfilled the duties of an alderman and contributed to numerous local foundations, in particular L'Ecole des médecins de Lyon ("The School of the Doctors of Lyon").His fame was considerable in Lyon, which in the 16th century was the greatest manufacturer of medical books in France, with editors such as
Sébastien Gryphe . In addition to medicinal science, Champier studied Greek andArab scholars and composed a great number of historical works, including "Chroniques de Savoie" in 1516 and "Vie de Bayard" in 1525.ee also
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Pierre Terrail, seigneur de Bayard
*François Rabelais References
* Champier, Symphorien. "Dictionnaire Bouillet".
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