Louis Pierre Gratiolet
Louis Pierre Gratiolet (born July 6, 1815 in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande , Gironde department , † February 16, 1865 in Paris ) was a French doctor and zoologist.
Gratiolet was from 1863 professor of zoology at the natural science faculty of the University of Paris . He worked in the fields of anthropology , the anatomy of the brain and the physiognomy . A part of the visual pathway (Gratiolet-Sehstrahl, Radiatio optica ) is named after him.
Works
- Research on anatomy de l'hippopotame. Publiées par les soins du docteur Edmond Alix. Masson, Paris 1867.
literature
- Amand Nicolas Larcher: Necrology . In: Etudes religieuses, historiques et littéraires (= Nouvelle Seriè ). tape 6 , 1865, p. 385-396 ( gallica.bnf.fr ).
- Coleman W. Gratiolet, Louis Pierre . In: Gillispie CC, ed. Dictionary of Scientific Biography , Vol 5. Republished in an eight-volume edition (as Vol 5 & 6). New York, C. Scribner's Sons 1981, pp. 504-506
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gratiolet, Louis Pierre |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gratiolet, Louis-Pierre (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French doctor and zoologist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 6, 1815 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Sainte-Foy-la-Grande , Gironde department |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 16, 1865 |
| Place of death | Paris |