Danielle Gourevitch
Born
Danielle Leherpeux

21 Jan 1941
Pluméliau
Died13 June 2021
Academic work
DisciplineMedical historian

Danielle Gourevitch (21 January 1941 – 13 June 2021) was a French medical historian and classicist.

Early life and education

Born Danielle Leherpeux in Pluméliau (Morbihan),[1][2] Gourevitch attended the École normale supérieure de jeunes filles in Sèvres.[2]

Career

From 1989 to 2008, the year of her retirement, Gourevitch served as the director of studies and chair of medical history for the École pratique des hautes études.[1][3] While in this position, she specialised in teaching ancient Greek and Roman and nineteenth-century medicine.[4] In 2002, she was made a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.[5]

Recognition

Gourevitch became a corresponding member of the International Academy of the History of Science in 1995, and a full member in 1999.[6] In 2008, a festschrift was published in her honour entitled Femmes en médecine: actes de la journée internationale d'étude organisée à l"Université René-Descartes-Paris V, le 17 Mars 2006 en l'honneur de Danielle Gourevitch, edited by Véronique Boudon-Millot, Véronique Dasen, and Brigitte Maire and based on a study day also held in her honour.[7]

Personal life

In 1961, Gourevitch married Michel Gourevitch, a psychiatrist.[2] The couple had two sons named Alexandre and Raphaël.[2]

Selected publications

Books

Edited volumes

External links

References

  1. ^ a b "Notice de personne "Gourevitch, Danielle (1941-2021)" | BnF Catalogue général".
  2. ^ a b c d "Danielle Gourevitch | Dictionnaire prosopographique de l'EPHE". prosopo.ephe.psl.eu. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  3. ^ "Gourevitch, Danielle - Persée". www.persee.fr. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  4. ^ Huisman, Frank; Harley Warner, John, eds. (2004). Locating Medical History: Stories and Their Meanings (PDF). Baltimore and London: Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 486. ISBN 0-8018-7861-6. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-11-10. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  5. ^ "2001-2002 Members, Visitors and Research Assistants - School of Historical Studies | Institute for Advanced Study". www.ias.edu. 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  6. ^ "Membres correspondants et membres effectifs". International Academy of the History of Science. Retrieved 2020-12-22.
  7. ^ Boudon-Millot, Véronique; Dasen, Véronique; Maire, Brigitte (2008). Femmes en médecine: actes de la journée internationale d'étude organisée à l"Université René-Descartes-Paris V, le 17 Mars 2006 en l'honneur de Danielle Gourevitch (in French). Bibliothèque interuniversitaire de médecine. ISBN 978-2-915634-11-2.
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