Editing Jacob B. Winslow (section)

== Life ==
Winsløw was born in [[Odense]], Denmark. Later he became a pupil and successor of [[Guichard Joseph Duverney]], as well as a convert to [[Roman Catholic Church|Catholicism]], naturalized in [[France]], and finally became professor of anatomy at the [[Jardin des Plantes|Jardin du Roi]] in [[Paris]]. 

He greatly admired Bishop [[Jacques-Benigne Bossuet|Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet]], the famous preacher who had been instrumental in his conversion, and changed his first name to that of Bossuet.

Winsløw died in Paris.