Pierre François Olive Rayer

Pierre François Olive Rayer
Pierre François Olive Rayer
Born8 March 1793 (1793-03-08)
Died10 September 1867(1867-09-10) (aged 74)
Paris, France
Alma materUniversity of Caen Normandy
OccupationsDermatology, pathology, physiology
EmployerUniversity of Paris
Organization(s)French Academy of Sciences, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Académie nationale de médecine, German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
SpouseAline Verdier of Lacoste

Pierre François Olive Rayer (French: [ʁaje]; 8 March 1793 – 10 September 1867) was a French physician who was a native of Saint Sylvain. He made important contributions in the fields of pathological anatomy, physiology, comparative pathology and parasitology. He worked for the most part at the Hôpital de la Charité and became a professor of comparative anatomy at the Faculty of Medicine in Paris in 1862.