Lucie Randoin

Lucie Gabrielle Randoin (11 May 1888 – 13 September 1960) was a French biologist, nutritionist and hygienist. She was made a commander of the Legion of Honour in 1958 and is known for her research on vitamins.[1]

Early life

Lucie Randoin was born Lucie Fandard on 11 May 11 1888, in Bouers-en-Othe, Yonne. She attended the École Normale Supérieure in Paris and went on to attend the University of Clermont-Ferrand and the University of Paris, where she received her Ph.D. in 1918.[1]

Career and research

In the last year of her doctoral studies, Randoin joined physiologist Albert Dastre as his research assistant. After receiving her doctorate, she went on to become a researcher at the Oceanographic Institute of Paris, a position she held for two years, from 1918 to 1920. Randoin was the director of the physiology laboratory at the French Institut national de la recherche agronomique (National Institute of Agricultural Research) from 1924 to 1954; she had been a researcher there from 1920 to 1923.[1]

Randoin was also the director of the Institut Supérieur de l'Alimentation (Institute of Nutritional Science) from 1942 to 1960, and the director of the École Dietétique in 1951.[1]

Randoin spent her research career studying the role of vitamins in metabolism and their composition. She discovered that vitamins B and C can affect sugar metabolism, which led to research on the connection between alcoholism and malnutrition.[1]

During World War II, Randoin supported the French Resistance by hiding vaccines and serums for their use.[2]

Honours

Randoin was awarded the Natural Sciences fellowship in 1911, becoming one of the first women to receive it. She was admitted into the Académie nationale de médecine in 1946 and was a 1958 recipient of the Legion of Honour.[1]

In 2025 La Poste issued a stamp honouring her.[3]

In 2026, Randoin was announced as one of 72 historical women in STEM whose names have been proposed to be added to the 72 men already celebrated on the Eiffel Tower. The plan was announced by the Mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgo following the recommendations of a committee led by Isabelle Vauglin of Femmes et Sciences and Jean-François Martins, representing the operating company which runs the Eiffel Tower.[4][5][6][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Ogilvie, Marilyn Bailey; Harvey, Joy Dorothy (2000-01-01). The Biographical Dictionary of Women in Science: L-Z. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 9780415920407.
  2. ^ a b 72 femmes de sciences pour la tour Eiffel Femmes & Sciences (in French). Retrieved 2026-02-08
  3. ^ "Lucie Randoin 1885-1960 | France Stamps". WOPA+. Retrieved 6 January 2026.
  4. ^ "Eiffel Tower: a list of 72 women scientists will soon be inscribed on the Parisian monument". www.sortiraparis.com. Retrieved 2026-02-08.
  5. ^ "Eiffel Tower to honor 72 women scientists for posterity". 2026-01-26. Retrieved 2026-02-08.
  6. ^ "Les noms des 72 femmes pour la Tour Eiffel ont été révélés". Femmes & Sciences (in French). Retrieved 2026-02-08.
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