Charles Émile Troisier (6 April 1844 – 11 December 1919) was a French surgeon.

Life

Charles Émile Troisier was born on 6 April 1844 in Sévigny-Waleppe, Ardennes. His mother was Marie-Louise Adeline Marache and his father Antoine Édouard Troisier, a health officer at Sévigny. He became a doctor of medicine in Paris in 1874, then a professor at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Paris and a member of the Académie Nationale de Médecine. He was made a knight of the Legion of Honour on 6 January 1890. He had a close relationship with Princess Marie Bonaparte. His son, Jean Troisier (1881–1945), also became a doctor and biologist, and was head of the laboratory at the Pasteur Institute. His granddaughter, Solange Troisier (1919–2008) was a doctor and a leading feminist.

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Legacy

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