Félix Garrigou, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Félix Garrigou

French physician, prehistorian and hydrologist

Date of Birth: 16-Sep-1835

Place of Birth: Tarascon-sur-Ariège, Occitania, France

Date of Death: 18-Mar-1920

Profession: physician, physicist, historian, hydrologist, anthropologist, speleologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Joseph Louis Félix Garrigou (16 September 1835, Tarascon-sur-Ariege - 1920) was a French physician, prehistorian and hydrologist.
He is known for his investigations of prehistoric artifacts and remains (human and animal) found in caves of southern France (Pyrenees).
Also, he was the author of numerous writings on mineral waters from a chemical/medical perspective. A native of Tarascon-sur-Ariege, Garrigou received his medical doctorate in Paris.
Subsequently he served as a physician in the town of Ax-les-Thermes, afterwards working in Bagnères-de-Luchon (from 1869).
In 1891 he was appointed chair of medical hydrology at Toulouse.He was a founding member of the Association pyrénéenne, and a member of the Comité des travaux historiques et scientifiques (1872-1912), the Société géologique de France and the Société d'Anthropologie de Paris.