Primary physician of the Emperor, Commander of the Légion d'Honneur, Baron of the Empire
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Jean-Nicolas Corvisart des Marets was born on February 15, 1755 in Dricourt, French Ardennes.
He became Primary physician of Napoleon I in 1804, and has been treating the Emperor until 1815.
He died on September 18, 1821 in Courbevoie, near Paris, less than five months after his most famous patient.
He was buried in the Cemetery of Athis-Mons, near Paris .
"Jean-Nicolas Corvisart des Marets" by François Pascal Simon Gérard (Rome 1770 - Paris 1837).
In 1964, the French Postal Service released a 0.20 Franc stamp bearing the image of Jean-Nicolas Corvisart des Marets .
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"Jean-Nicolas Corvisart des Marets", nineteenth century etching.
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"Jean-Nicolas Corvisart des Marets", nineteenth century etching.