Jacques Coitier

Jacques Coitier (ca.1430 – 22 October 1506) was a French doctor. He was chief physician to Louis XI of France and president of the Chambre des comptes.

Coitier was born at Poligny, Franche-Comté. His name is spelled in several ways, most often Coictier (the spelling used by Victor Hugo in his novel The Hunchback of Notre-Dame), but also Coittier, Cotier, Coytier or Coctier. An analysis of his signatures by Achille Chereau has allowed Coitier to become the standard spelling - this was the name cited most often in medical annals.[1] He died in Paris.

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  1. Achille Chéreau, Jacques Coitier, médecin de Louis XI, roi de France, Mareschal, 1861


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