Jean Baptiste Charcot French Physician And Explorer Born 1867 - September 16 in History | This Day Story

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September 16, 1936

Jean-Baptiste Charcot, French physician and explorer (born 1867)

Jean-Baptiste Charcot

Jean-Baptiste Étienne Auguste Charcot, better known in France as Commandant Charcot, (15 July 1867 in Neuilly-sur-Seine near Paris – 16 September 1936 at sea, was a French scientist, medical doctor and polar scientist. His father was the neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot . As a sportsman, he was French rugby XV champion in 1896 and also won a double silver medal in sailing at the 1900 Summer Olympics.

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