Augustin Marie Morvan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French physician, politician, and writer
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Place of Birth: Lannilis, Brittany, France
About Augustin Marie Morvan
- Augustin Marie Morvan (7 February 1819 in Lannilis – 20 March 1897 in Douarnenez) was a French physician, politician, and writer.
- He is best known for treating the first recorded case of the eponymous Morvan's syndrome, a rare neurological disorder marked by acute insomnia.
- Morvan served as a deputy to the French National Assembly that inaugurated the Third Republic in 1871.
- In Brest, France, where he began his medical studies, the Rue Augustin Morvan and the Hôpital Augustin Morvan are named after him.
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