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June 28: Paul Broca - Surgeon known for the Convolution of Broca

JUNE 28 - Paul Broca , (born June 28, 1824, Sainte-Foy-laGrande, Fr.—died July 9, 1880, Paris), surgeon who was closely associated with the development of modern  physical anthropology  in  France  and whose study of  brain  lesions contributed significantly to understanding the origins of  aphasia , the loss or impairment of the ability to form or  articulate  words. He founded the anthropology laboratory at the École des Hautes Études,  Paris  (1858), and the Société d’Anthropologie de Paris (1859). Source: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Paul-Broca