Family tree of Paul BROCA

Physician

French Born Paul BROCA

French physician, anatomist and anthropologist

Born on June 28, 1824 in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, Gironde , France

Died on July 09, 1880 in Paris , France

Born on June 28 59

Deceased on July 09 29

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BROCAT

Jacques

1723 - 1805

DUTILH

Marie

1723 - 1807

ESCHAUZIER

Pierre Elie

1710 - 1783

BARATON

Marie

1724 - 1802

THOMAS

Pierre

1727 -

FEYDIT

Rachel

GENTILLOT

Anthoine

1731 - 1781

GAUSSEN

Marie

1730 -

BROCA

Jean Dominique

1750 - 1793

ESCHAUZIER

Madeleine

1758 -

THOMAS

Pierre Jacques

1761 - 1821

GENTILLOT

Anne

1761 - 1794

BROCA

Pierre Jean Benjamin

1790 - 1877

THOMAS

Anne

1793 - 1864

BROCA

Paul

1824 - 1880

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He is best known for his research on Broca's area, a region of the frontal lobe that is named after him. Broca's area is involved with language. His work revealed that the brains of patients suffering from aphasia contained lesions in a particular part of the cortex, in the left frontal region.

© Copyright Wikipédia authors - This article is under licence CC BY-SA 3.0 ... He is best known for his research on Broca's area, a region of the frontal lobe that is named after him. Broca's area is involved with language. His work revealed that the brains of patients suffering from aphasia contained lesions in a particular part of the cortex, in the left frontal region.