Moyse Charas
Biografie1619 - 1698
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Moyse Charas, apothecary and medical doctor (Uzés 1619 - Paris 1698)].
The origin of the protestant family Charas lies in Pont-Saint-Espirt. The parents of Moyse Charas moved to Orange, where Moyse Charas took up the profession of apothecary. He was declared Master by Frederick Henry, prince of Orange. In Paris he made contact with the Dutch diplomat Constantijn Huygens and his son, the scientist Christiaan Huygens, and with the English physician and philosopher John Locke. After short trips to London and the Royal Society, he lived there for a while and was being called to contribute to cure King Charles II. He revisited Orange to get his promotion as a doctor of medicine. After having practiced for some time in Holland he moved to Spain for five years, as a physician of the embassy of the States General in Madrid and later in Galice. The last six months he was imprisoned by the Inquisition. Liberated after his conversion to Catholicism, he could eventually return to Paris.
The origin of the protestant family Charas lies in Pont-Saint-Espirt. The parents of Moyse Charas moved to Orange, where Moyse Charas took up the profession of apothecary. He was declared Master by Frederick Henry, prince of Orange. In Paris he made contact with the Dutch diplomat Constantijn Huygens and his son, the scientist Christiaan Huygens, and with the English physician and philosopher John Locke. After short trips to London and the Royal Society, he lived there for a while and was being called to contribute to cure King Charles II. He revisited Orange to get his promotion as a doctor of medicine. After having practiced for some time in Holland he moved to Spain for five years, as a physician of the embassy of the States General in Madrid and later in Galice. The last six months he was imprisoned by the Inquisition. Liberated after his conversion to Catholicism, he could eventually return to Paris.
