| Authorised form of name | Geoffroy; Claude Joseph (1685 - 1752) |
| Dates | 1685 - 1752 |
| Nationality | French |
| Place of birth | Paris, France |
| Date of birth | 08 August 1685 |
| Place of death | Paris, France |
| Date of death | 09 March 1752 |
| Occupation | Pharmacist |
| Research field | Chemistry |
| Botany |
| Activity | Education:
M Pharm (1703). Studied botany under J P Tournefort (1707)
Career:
Travelled to the South of France in search of botanical specimens (1704-1705); took over the family pharmacy on the death of his father (1708); Inspector of Pharmacy at the Hotel-Dieu Hospital, Paris; Echevin of Paris (1731)
Memberships:
Academie Royale des Sciences (1707)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 09/06/1715 |
| Relationships | Son of Matthieu Francois Geoffroy and his wife, Louise de Vaux; brother of Estienne Francois Geoffroy (FRS 1698).
Married: 1) Marie-Elisabeth Ruelle; 2) Marie Denis |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DSB; DBF
Authority:
Birth date from DSB
Notes:
Proposed by Sir Isaac Newton |
| Virtual International Authority File | http://viaf.org/viaf/27850975 |
| Royal Society code | NA7765 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EL/P2/19 | Letter of recommendation for Monsieur [Henri] Pitot to be elected to the Fellowship of the Royal Society | 2 April 1740 |
| LBO/24/6 | Copy letter from Claude Joseph Geoffroy, Paris, to the President | 29 September 1737 |
| LBO/23/66 | Copy letter from Monsieur Patouillat, Toucy, to Claude Geoffroy | 9 February 1737 |
| L&P/2/234 | Paper, 'On the effects of vitrum antimonii ceratum' by Claude Joseph Geoffroy | 1751 |
| L&P/2/86 | Letter, 'Of Mrs Stephens medicines' from Claude Joseph Geoffroy to Cromwell Mortimer | 12 June 1750 |
| EL/P2/23 | Translation of a letter, from Monsieur Patouillet to [Claude Joseph] Geoffroy | 1737 |
| EL/G2/17 | Letter, from Monsieur Geoffroy to Hans Sloane, dated at Paris | 18 January 1734 |
| MM/20/10 | Letter from David Hartley to Cromwell Mortimer, Secretary, Royal Society | 2 August 1742 |
| CLP/11i/44 | Paper, 'A problem in chimistry. To find ashes which do not contain any particles of iron' by M [Claude Joseph] Geoffroy | [1709?] |
| CLP/11i/43 | Paper, 'Experiments made upon metals with the Duke of Orleans his burning-glasse' by M [Claude Joseph] Geoffroy | [1709] |
| L&P/1/77 | Letter, 'On soap lees and hard soap' from Claude Joseph Geoffroy to David Hartley | 23 July 1741 |
| EL/G2/16 | Extract of a letter, from Monsieur Geoffroy [Claude Joseph] to Hans Sloane, dated at Paris | 4 May 1732 |
| EL/G2/34 | Extract of a letter, from Monsieur Geoffroy [Claude Joseph] to Hans Sloane, dated at Paris | 1737 |
| EL/G2/36 | Extract of a letter, from Monsieur [Claude Joseph] Geoffroy to Hans Sloane, dated at Paris | 1739 |
| EL/G2/27 | Extract of a letter, from Monsieur [Claude Joseph] Geoffroy to Hans Sloane, dated at Paris | 1740 |