Bouvard was himself a son of a physician from his native cityEncyclopedie methodique, ou par ordre de matières: Médecine; p.153 who taught him his profession in Bouvard's earliest childhood, yet died when Bouvard was still a small child leaving him an orphanEncyclopedie methodique de matières: Médecin; p.153 Recognising his skill, he was brought up by Marin Liberge, a professor at the famous university of AngersEncyclopedie methodique, ou par ordre de matières: Médecine; p.153 which was to be his Alma mater and the place where he received his doctor title in 1604. Shortly thereafter he came to Paris where he became a professor at the Collège Royal. Bouvard was known for using his knowledge of plants to create a number of medicines from common ordinary flowers. The flower Bouvard is most closely associated with is the evergreen herb and shrub genus Bouvardia. Bouvard also wrote the Historicae Hodiernae Medicinae Rationalis Veritatis, a book defending medical rationalism, in 1655. pg. 290
