Gilles-François Boulduc

Gilles-François Boulduc (born 20 February 1675 in Paris; died 17 January 1741 in Versailles) was a French pharmacist and chemist.

Gilles-François apprenticed as a pharmacist, studied Descartes' physics with Pierre-Sylvain Régis and medicine with Antoine de Saint-Yon at the Jardin du Roi.

On 14 February 1699 he became a chemist's student of his father, at the Royal Academy of Sciences.

In 1717, he became judge of the commercial court (“Consul”), then, in 1726, an alderman of the city of Paris.

[3] In 1731, he hosted Georges Buffon who arrived in Paris after his European tour.