Person Geoffroy; Claude Joseph (1685 - 1752) Geoffroy Claude Joseph 1685 - 1752 French Male Paris, France 08 August 1685 Paris, France 09 March 1752

Pharmacist Chemistry Botany 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) 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 Fellow 09/06/1715 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB; DBF Authority: Birth date from DSB Notes: Proposed by Sir Isaac Newton 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 8 Aug 1685 - 9 Mar 1752 NA7765 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/27850975 8e619ca3-4b36-4516-be83-081fa9c69257