Richer, Paul

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Name
Richer, Paul Gender: M
Paul Marie Louis Pierre Richer
born on 17 January 1849 at 01:00 (= 01:00 AM )
Place Chartres, France, 48n27, 1e30
Timezone LMT m1e30 (is local mean time)
Data source
Quoted BC/BR
Rodden Rating AA
Collector: Gauquelin
Astrology data s_su.18.gif s_capcol.18.gif 26°52' s_mo.18.gif s_scocol.18.gif 05°05 Asc.s_scocol.18.gif 00°08'



Paul Richer

Biography

French anatomist, physiologist, sculptor and anatomical artist, who was a professor of artistic anatomy at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, as well as a member of the Académie Nationale de Médecine (1898).

Richer was an assistant to Jean-Martin Charcot at the Salpêtrière, and from 1882 to 1896 was chief of the laboratory at the Salpêtrière Hospital. With Charcot he performed research of hysteria and epilepsy, and also performed studies of medicine and its relationship to art.

In 1903, Richer was appointed to the chair of artistic anatomy at the École des Beaux-Arts, and in 1907-08 was president of the Société Française d'Histoire de la Médecine (French Society for the History of Medicine). His sculptures can be found in museums throughout Europe, including the Musée d'Orsay.

He died on 17 December 1933, aged 84, in Paris.

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Source Notes

Archives Gauquelin: Scientists & Medical Doctors (Hommes De Science) A, vol. 2, #635 [1].

Categories

  • Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 84)
  • Vocation : Art : Fine art artist
  • Vocation : Education : Teacher
  • Vocation : Science : Biology (Anatomist, physiologist)