Jean Bauhin (24 August 1511 – 23 January 1582) was a French surgeon. He was born in Amiens, France and died in Basel, Switzerland, where he had to relocate after converting to Protestantism.Jean Bauhin, www.cancoillotte.net (Franche-Comté) . Retrieved 6 May 2011.
He was the physician to Jeanne d'Albret, Queen of Navarre.
He had two sons who became physicians and notable botanists: Johann Bauhin (also known as Jean Bauhin, 1541–1613) and Gaspard Bauhin (Caspar Bauhin, 1560–1624). Fuchs-Eckert, Hans Peter (2002). "Bauhin". Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz (HLS).
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