Physician

Marthe Gautier

paediatrician and discoverer of trisomy 21

1925 - 2022

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Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Marthe Gautier is the 603rd most popular physician, the 4,482nd most popular biography from France and the 59th most popular French Physician.

Marthe Gautier is most famous for her key role in discovering that Down syndrome is caused by trisomy 21 through pioneering cytogenetic research in the 1950s. A surprising fact is that she performed the essential cell cultures and chromosome counts largely on her own in a resource-limited lab before sharing credit with colleagues. Her legacy endures in advancing medical genetics and enabling early prenatal diagnostics for chromosomal conditions worldwide.

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Among Physicians

Among physicians, Marthe Gautier ranks 603 out of 726. Before her are Édouard Gagnon, Dorothy Hansine Andersen, Edward Albert Sharpey-Schafer, Ludwig Traube, Richard Leach Maddox, and Indira Nath. After her are Metrodora, Safiye Ali, Giuseppe Pitrè, Vilma Hugonnai, Tomisaku Kawasaki, and Theodor Ludwig Wilhelm von Bischoff.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1925, Marthe Gautier ranks 356. Before her are Colette Marchand, Simone Segouin, Iwao Takamoto, Joseph Engelberger, Vladimir Shainsky, and Lyuben Berov. After her are Luis E. Miramontes, Joseph Sargent, Margaretha Krook, Klara Luchko, Medgar Evers, and Borislav Stanković. Among people deceased in 2022, Marthe Gautier ranks 393. Before her are Anatoly Mikhaylov, Alzhan Zharmukhamedov, Dan Graham, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Naci Erdem, and Carlos Blixen. After her are Erik Hornung, Robert Durst, Tony Nash, Piero Angela, Rafael Chimishkyan, and Carlos Lucas.

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In France

Among people born in France, Marthe Gautier ranks 4,482 out of NaN. Before her are Erwin Vandendaele (1945), Henri Hubert (1872), Eugène Guillevic (1907), Fulgence Bienvenüe (1852), Bernard Schmetz (1904), and Joseph Wresinski (1917). After her are Jean de Sponde (1557), Maurice Lafont (1927), Jean-Claude Gaudin (1939), Philippe Néricault Destouches (1680), Clément Turpin (1982), and Pierre Brossolette (1903).

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Among Physicians In France

Among physicians born in France, Marthe Gautier ranks 59. Before her are Henri Dutrochet (1776), Louis-Antoine Ranvier (1835), Wladimir Aïtoff (1879), Pierre Marie (1853), Noël Martin Joseph de Necker (1730), and Guy Patin (1601). After her are Julieta Lanteri (1873), and Maurice Raynaud (1834).

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