Name Georges Mareschal Died 1736, Bievres, France | Role Surgeon | |
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Georges Mareschal (8 April 1658, Calais – 13 December 1736, Chateau de Bievres) was a French surgeon. In 1707 he was ennobled, and was known as Georges Mareschal, seigneur de Bievre.
He was the son of John Marshall, an Irish gentleman who was knighted in 1643 for his service during the Battle of Rocroi. In 1677 Mareschal moved to Paris, where he worked as a surgical assistant. From 1684 onward, he worked at the Hopital de la Charite, where in 1688 he became master-surgeon, later earning the title of chief-surgeon (1692).
He was first-surgeon to Louis XIV and then to Louis XV. In 1723 he was awarded the Ordre de Saint-Michel for successfully treating the Infanta of Spain. In 1731, with Francois Gigot de la Peyronie (1678–1747), he founded the Academie Royale de Chirurgie. He is credited with making improvements in lithotomical surgery.