Justin Benoît

Justin Benoît (16 April 1813 in Millau – 6 November 1893 in Montpellier) was a French physician and anatomist.

Son of Guillaume Benoît and Marie Cabantous,[1][note 1] Justin Benoît married Héloïse-Mira Cavalier, daughter of Jacques Cavalier, notary, and Louise Vernet.

[2] Justin Benoit was an active and life-long member of the Reformed Church of Montpellier.

[4] Doctor of Medicine in April 1839, he was admitted to the agrégation of the surgical section in 1844 after submitting his first aggregation thesis on 27 December 1842.

[1] In 1880, he was elected dean of the faculty for five years[3] and advocated moving the former St. Eloi Hospital out of the city.