Paul Broca

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French person academic anatomist anthropologist human neurologist physician surgeon

Paul Broca was a 19th-century French physician, anatomist, and anthropologist best known for discovering the brain region responsible for speech production, now called Broca's area.

Aliases (1)

Pierre Paul Broca ×1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	French person → academic → anatomist → anthropologist → human → neurologist → physician → surgeon →
birthCountry	France →
birthDate	1824-06-28 →
birthPlace	Sainte-Foy-la-Grande →
causeOfDeath	cerebral hemorrhage →
citizenship	France →
deathCountry	France →
deathDate	1880-07-09 →
deathPlace	Paris →
discovered	Broca's area →
educatedAt	University of Paris →
era	19th century →
familyName	Broca →
fieldOfWork	anatomy → anthropology → linguistics → medicine → neuroscience →
founded	Société d’Anthropologie de Paris →
fullName	Pierre Paul Broca →
gender	male →
givenName	Paul → Pierre →
hasNationality	French →
knownFor	discovery of Broca's area → founding the Société d’Anthropologie de Paris → research on speech production → work on brain localization of function →
languageSpoken	French →
memberOf	Société d’Anthropologie de Paris →
notableConcept	Broca's aphasia → Broca's area →
occupation	anatomist → anthropologist → physician → surgeon →
positionHeld	member of the French Senate → professor of clinical surgery at the Faculty of Medicine of Paris →
researched	cerebral localization → comparative anatomy →
studied	aphasia → craniometry → language disorders →
workLocation	Paris →

Referenced by (11)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Broca's Brain → Broca's aphasia → Broca's aphasia → Broca's area → Broca's area →	namedAfter
Broca's area →	discoveredBy
Société d’Anthropologie de Paris →	foundedBy
Paul Broca ("Pierre Paul Broca") →	fullName
Broca →	hasNotableBearer
Broca's aphasia →	historicallyDescribedBy
Société d’Anthropologie de Paris →	notableFounder