Jacques-René Tenon

Jacques-René Tenon (French pronunciation: [ʒakʁəne tənɔ̃], 21 February 1724 – 16 January 1816) was a French surgeon born in Sépeaux in northern Burgundy. He was very active in hospital reform during the second half of the 18th century. His seminal treatise on hospital design and management, the Mémoire sur les hôpitaux de Paris (Memoirs on the Hospitals of Paris), proved to be influential in Europe for more than a century.