Danielle Gourevitch | |
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Born | Danielle Leherpeux 21 Jan 1941 |
Died | 13 June 2021 |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Medical historian |
Danielle Gourevitch (21 January 1941 – 13 June 2021) was a French medical historian and classicist.
Born Danielle Leherpeux in Pluméliau ( Morbihan), [1] [2] Gourevitch attended the École normale supérieure de jeunes filles in Sèvres. [2]
From 1989 to 2008, the year of her retirement, Gourevitch served as the director of studies and chair of medical history for the École pratique des hautes études. [1] [3] While in this position, she specialised in teaching ancient Greek and Roman and nineteenth-century medicine. [4] In 2002, she was made a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. [5]
Gourevitch became a corresponding member of the International Academy of the History of Science in 1995, and a full member in 1999. [6] In 2008, a festschrift was published in her honour entitled Femmes en médecine: actes de la journée internationale d'étude organisée à l"Université René-Descartes-Paris V, le 17 Mars 2006 en l'honneur de Danielle Gourevitch, edited by Véronique Boudon-Millot, Véronique Dasen, and Brigitte Maire and based on a study day also held in her honour. [7]
In 1961, Gourevitch married Michel Gourevitch, a psychiatrist. [2] The couple had two sons named Alexandre and Raphaël. [2]
Danielle Gourevitch | |
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Born | Danielle Leherpeux 21 Jan 1941 |
Died | 13 June 2021 |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Medical historian |
Danielle Gourevitch (21 January 1941 – 13 June 2021) was a French medical historian and classicist.
Born Danielle Leherpeux in Pluméliau ( Morbihan), [1] [2] Gourevitch attended the École normale supérieure de jeunes filles in Sèvres. [2]
From 1989 to 2008, the year of her retirement, Gourevitch served as the director of studies and chair of medical history for the École pratique des hautes études. [1] [3] While in this position, she specialised in teaching ancient Greek and Roman and nineteenth-century medicine. [4] In 2002, she was made a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. [5]
Gourevitch became a corresponding member of the International Academy of the History of Science in 1995, and a full member in 1999. [6] In 2008, a festschrift was published in her honour entitled Femmes en médecine: actes de la journée internationale d'étude organisée à l"Université René-Descartes-Paris V, le 17 Mars 2006 en l'honneur de Danielle Gourevitch, edited by Véronique Boudon-Millot, Véronique Dasen, and Brigitte Maire and based on a study day also held in her honour. [7]
In 1961, Gourevitch married Michel Gourevitch, a psychiatrist. [2] The couple had two sons named Alexandre and Raphaël. [2]