Jean Descemet

Jean Descemet is a French physician and botanist (1732–1810) who first described the Descemet's membrane. He studied medicine in Paris (doctorate in 1757) and published a "Catalogue des plantes du jardin de MM. les apothicaires de Paris, suivant leurs genres et les caractères des fleurs, conformément à la méthode de M. Tournefort" (1759). He is also known for his book "Observations sur la choroide", that covers Choroid subject and was published in 1768 by De l'Imprimerie Royale.