Charles Bell, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Charles Bell

Scottish surgeon and artist (1774–1842)

Date of Birth: 12-Nov-1774

Place of Birth: Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 28-Apr-1842

Profession: writer, physician, surgeon, neurologist, painter, university teacher, physiologist, philosopher, neuroscientist, anatomist

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Sir Charles Bell (12 November 1774 – 28 April 1842) was a Scottish surgeon, anatomist, physiologist, neurologist, artist, and philosophical theologian.
He is noted for discovering the difference between sensory nerves and motor nerves in the spinal cord.
He is also noted for describing Bell's palsy. His three older brothers included Robert Bell (1757–1816) a Writer to the Signet, John Bell (1763–1820), also a noted surgeon and writer; and the advocate George Joseph Bell (1770–1843) who became a professor of law at the University of Edinburgh and a principal clerk at the Court of Session.