Richard Caton, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Richard Caton

British scientist

Date of Birth: 26-Jul-1842

Place of Birth: Bradford, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 02-Jan-1926

Profession: physician, surgeon, physiologist, neuroscientist

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Richard Caton (1842, Bradford – 1926), of Liverpool, England, was a British physician, physiologist and Lord Mayor of Liverpool who was crucial in discovering the electrical nature of the brain and laid the groundwork for Hans Berger to discover Alpha wave activity in the human brain.