Frédéric Dubois d'Amiens

Frédéric Dubois d'Amiens (17 February 1799 in Amiens – 10 January 1873 in Paris) was a French physician and historian of medicine.

He studied medicine in Amiens and Paris.

In 1828 he received his medical doctorate and in 1832 obtained his agrégation.

In 1847 he succeeded Étienne Pariset as perpetual secretary at the Académie Nationale de Médecine.

[1][2] He wrote the eulogies of several French physicians and scientists; Mathieu Orfila, François Magendie, Louis Jacques Thénard, et al.[4]