Paul Broca, French physician, anatomist, and anthropologist (died 1880)

Paul Broca

French physician, anatomist and anthropologist (1824–1880)

Paul Pierre Broca was a French physician, anatomist and anthropologist. 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 with aphasia…