Adrien Proust
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Adrien Achille Proust was a French epidemiologist and hygienist. He was the father of novelist Marcel Proust and doctor Robert Proust. He was a pioneer of public health and sanitary measures in France
In 1886
Painting of Proust in 1891 by Laure Brouardel, wife of the dean of the medical faculty Paul Brouardel.
Illiers-Combray
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Illiers-Combray is a commune in the Eure-et-Loir department in north central France.
Adrien Proust
…infectious disease. He was also involved in improving health among the working classes and studied a number of occupational diseases. Proust was born in Illiers where his parents were shopkeepers. A brilliant student, he was able to joint the faculty of medicine in Paris where obtained his medical doctorate in…
The church and surroundings in Illiers-Combray