Gaspard Goyrand

Gaspard Goyrand (3 February 1803 – 23 June 1866) was a French general practitioner, surgeon and politician from Aix-en-Provence.

[1] He was the son of Gabriel-Antoine Goyrand (1754-1826), a religious painter, and Marie Eulalie Ravanas (1762-1825).

[1] His great-uncle, Jean-Louis Goyrand (1718-1790), was a Professor of Medicine at the University of Aix-en-Provence.

[1] He received his doctorate degree in Paris in 1828, where he was taught by Guillaume Dupuytren.

[1] The Rue Goyrand, in the Quartier Mazarin of Aix-en-Provence, is named in his honour.