Pierre Paul Broca, the son of a Huguenot doctor, was born near Bordeaux, France, in 1824. After studying mathematics and physical science at the local university, he entered medical school at the University of Paris in 1841. He received his M.D. in...

Paul Broca is best known for his role in the discovery of specialized functions in different areas of the brain. In 1861, he was able to show, using post-mortem analysis of patients who had lost the ability to speak, that such loss was associated with...

1824-1880 French physician and neurologist who is regarded as the founder of physical anthropology. While serving as a surgeon in Paris, he was primarily responsible for the establishment of the Institute of Anthropology. An autopsy on a patient who...

Pierre Paul Broca (June 28, 1824 – July 9, 1880) was a French physician, anatomist, and anthropologist. He was born in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande,...

Filmen heiÃt, mit hübschen Mädchen nette Dinge zu machen." Diesen Satz, mit dem Regisseure der Nouvelle Vague so gerne kokettierten, hat Philippe de Broca zu seinem Credo gemacht. Er schuf mit der "Irren" Coquelicot (Geneviève Bujold) in "Herzkönig" (1966) eine der bezauberndsten Frauengestalten des...

French film director Philippe de Broca, whose offbeat 1966 antiwar comedy "King of Hearts" enjoyed years of American arthouse play after failing to engage French audiences, died Nov. 26 of cancer. The director of more than 30 featureswas 71. De Broca,...