Editing Jean Fernel (section)

==Life==
He was born in [[Montdidier (Somme)|Montdidier]] and, after receiving his early education at [[Clermont, Oise|Clermont]],<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/people/history/historians-miscellaneous-biographies/jean-fernel |title=Fernel, Jean François |encyclopedia=Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography |publisher=Charles Scribner's Sons |year=2008 |first=Ragnar |last=Granit |via=Encyclopedia.com |access-date=2019-04-12 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> he entered the [[College of Sainte-Barbe]], [[Paris]]. At first he devoted himself to mathematical and astronomical studies; but from 1534 he gave himself up entirely to medicine, in which he graduated in 1530. His general erudition, and the skill and success with which he sought to revive the study of the old Greek physicians, gained him a reputation, and ultimately the office of physician to the court.<ref name=EB1911/> [[Catherine de' Medici]], wife of [[Henry II of France|King Henry II of France]], sought his advice regarding their difficulty in conceiving a child. He practiced with success, and at his death at Paris in 1558 left him a large fortune.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ejpfAAAAcAAJ&pg=PR3 |title=Pharmacopée raisonnée, ou traité de pharmacie pratique et théorique |last1=Henry |first1=Noël Étienne |last2=Guibourt |first2=Nicolas Jean Baptiste |publisher=J. B. Balliére |year=1847 |edition=3rd |pages=iii |language=fr}}</ref> His remains were entombed at the [[Saint-Jacques Tower|Church of Saint-Jacques-de-la-Boucherie]].<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_XTZAAAAAYAAJ |title=Dictionnaire administratif et historique des rues et monuments de Paris |last=Lazare |first=L. C. |publisher=Bureau de la revue municipale |year=1855 |location=Paris |pages=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_XTZAAAAAYAAJ/page/n455 447] |language=fr}}</ref>