Broca, Pierre-Paul

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Pierre-Paul Broca

(French: Paul Pierre Broca)

French surgeon and anthropologist (1824-1880), known for research on cerebral localization and the speech centre. He founded the Institut Anthropologique in 1878 and published the Revue anthropologique from 1872.  (BCW 2:523).
French surgeon and anthropologist, associated with identifying a brain region involved in articulate speech; founded the Anthropological Society of Paris in 1859 and Revue d'Anthropologie in 1872.  (BCW 4:636).

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Quotes: Zirkoff, Boris
CTD article in Russian: Брока, Поль Пьер
Other resources: Russian BTS: card data

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