Person Garcin; Laurent (1683 - 1751) Garcin Laurent 1683 - 1751 French Male Grenoble, France 1683 Neuchatel, Switzerland 1751

Neuchatel, Switzerland

Physician Physics Botany Ornithology Education: Rheims. MD Career: A Huguenot, he left France and served in the Dutch East India Company, sailing to India, Malaysia and the Cape of Good Hope; went to Switzerland, where he wrote articles on the flora and fauna of the Orient and tropical diseases for the 'Journal Helvetique' Fellow 22/10/1730 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DBF Notes: Proposed by Philip Miller; Paul de Saint Hyacinthe; Sir Hans Sloane International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 1683 - 1751 NA4513 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/311193216 9095681d-2ce4-4686-a880-0e5ab83898aa