Samuel Cottereau du Clos | |
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Born | Paris, France | 18 November 1598
Died | 1685 (aged 86–87) |
Relatives | Jacques Friquet (son-in-law) |
Samuel Cottereau du Clos or Duclos (18 November 1598 – 1685) was a French physician and apothecary who was among the first members of the Royal Academy of Sciences in France founded by Louis XIV in 1666. He contributed to an early chemical analysis of the mineral waters from around France, examined the composition of plant matter.