Louis Figuier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Louis Figuier

French scientist and writer

Date of Birth: 15-Feb-1819

Place of Birth: Montpellier, Occitania, France

Date of Death: 08-Nov-1894

Profession: writer, physician writer, chemist, journalist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Louis Figuier (15 February 1819 – 8 November 1894) was a French scientist and writer.
He was the nephew of Pierre-Oscar Figuier and became Professor of chemistry at L'Ecole de pharmacie of Montpellier.
Though his works are highly respected, it is often unmentioned that he was in fact a staunch racist of the time (see The Human Race).
Figuier played a key role in perpetuating the blatantly myopic misconception that people of black origin were mentally inferior, were not fully human, smelled poorly, and were promiscuous.
His citing of these ill-formed concepts of course were and are not true yet he remains celebrated in his achievements.



Alternative names	legal name: Gaspard-Félix Tournachon pseudonym: Nadar
Description	French photographer, caricaturist, writer and balloonist
Date of birth/death	6 April 1820	20 March 1910 / 21 March 1910
Location of birth/death	Paris	former 4th arrondissement of Paris
Work period	1854–1910
Work location	Paris
Authority control	: Q40116 VIAF: 84808952 ISNI: 0000 0001 2141 8535 ULAN: 500005199 LCCN: n50014563 NLA: 35553829 WorldCat