Jérôme Lejeune Scientist

Jérôme Jean Louis Marie Lejeune (June 13, 1926 – April 3, 1994) was a French pediatrician and geneticist, best known for discovering the link of diseases to chromosome abnormalities and for his subsequent opposition to prenatal diagnosis and abortion.

Personal facts

Birth dateJune 13, 1926
Birth place
Hauts-de-Seine , France , Montrouge
Nationality
France
Date of deathApril 03, 1994
Place of death
Paris , France
Education
Collège Stanislas de Paris

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