Dominique Jean Larrey

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Baron of the Empire Dominique Jean Larrey
Portrait by Larrey's sister-in-law, Marie-Guillemine Benoist (1804)
Born	(1766-07-08)8 July 1766 Beaudéan, Bigorre (in present-day Hautes-Pyrénées)
Died	25 July 1842(1842-07-25) (aged 76) Lyon
Nationality	French
Spouse	Marie-Élisabeth Laville-Leroux
Children	Félix Hippolyte Larrey Isaure Larrey
Scientific career
Fields	Surgeon, Physician

Dominique Jean, Baron Larrey (French: [larɛ]; 8 July 1766 – 25 July 1842) was a French surgeon and military doctor, who distinguished himself in the French Revolutionary Wars and the Napoleonic Wars. An important innovator in battlefield medicine and triage, and the Inventor of the flying ambulance. He is often considered the first modern military surgeon.