Louis Gayant (died 1673) was a French surgeon and anatomist. He was one of the founding members of the

French Academy of Sciences The French Academy of Sciences (, ) is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the suggestion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to encourage and protect the spirit of French Scientific method, scientific research. It was at the forefron ...

. He was born at

Clermont-en-Beauvaisis Clermont () is a commune in the Oise department in northern France. Clermont-de-l'Oise station has rail connections to Amiens, Creil, and Paris. History Clermont was also known as Clermont-en-Beauvaisis or Clermont-de-l'Oise. The town is bui ...

, and became a leading anatomist, but remained unpublished. He is given credit in the discovery by

Jean Pecquet Jean Pecquet (9 May 1622, Dieppe, Seine-Maritime – 26 February 1674) was a French scientist. He studied the expansion of air, wrote on psychology, and is also known for investigating the thoracic duct. Furthermore, he studied the nature of visi ...

of the

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. Gayant was associated with the Collège de Saint-Côme. He died at the Siege of Maastricht, while on active service as a military surgeon.

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Galileo Project page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gayant, Louis Year of birth missing 1673 deaths French surgeons French anatomists Members of the French Academy of Sciences