Th
Louis-Jeantet Foundation
was set up in Geneva in 1982 according to the wish of the Geneva-resident French businessman Louis Jeantet, having been endowed with his fortune upon his death from

cancer Cancer is a group of diseases involving Cell growth#Disorders, abnormal cell growth with the potential to Invasion (cancer), invade or Metastasis, spread to other parts of the body. These contrast with benign tumors, which do not spread. Po ...

in 1981. The Foundation commenced activities in 1983. It funds the Louis-Jeantet Prize, and a number of professorships at the Faculty of Medicine of the

University of Geneva The University of Geneva (French: ''Université de Genève'') is a public university, public research university located in Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded in 1559 by French theologian John Calvin as a Theology, theological seminary. It rema ...

. The grounds of Geneva's ''Fondation Louis-Jeantet'' contain a 15 by 15 sq. m. courtyard within a sunken '' hortus conclusus'' (''i.e.'' an enclosed garden) with an area of about 1300 sq. m.p. 143p. 145p. 146
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