Camille Raspail

Camille Raspail
Camille Raspail
	Caricature of Raspail
Born	Camille François Raspail; August 17, 1827; Paris, France
Died	May 26, 1893 (aged 65); Paris, France
Nationality	French
Occupation	Doctor, politician
Years active	politician 1885-1893

Camille Raspail was a French doctor and politician in the National Assembly as a deputy from Var, from 1885 until his death in 1893.[1] Son of François-Vincent Raspail, he practiced medicine for 44 years.[2] He is buried in the Montparnasse Cemetery, with a three-quarter bronze bust on his tomb. On the tomb are engravings explaining he was commander in chief of the southern forts during the Siege of Paris in 1870-1871, as well as a doctor and deputy for Var. His tomb also has a bronze medallion showing a left-facing profile, along with a profile of his widow and an oak leaf crown.[2]

References

"Camille Raspail (1827-1893)". data.bnf.fr (in French). BnF. Retrieved May 23, 2019.
Blanchard, Raphaël, ed. (1909). Corpus inscriptionum ad medicinam biologiamque spectantium : épigraphie médicale (in French). Paris: Asselin et Houzeau.

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[1] "Camille Raspail (1827-1893)". data.bnf.fr (in French). BnF. Retrieved May 23, 2019.

[corpus-2] Blanchard, Raphaël, ed. (1909). Corpus inscriptionum ad medicinam biologiamque spectantium : épigraphie médicale (in French). Paris: Asselin et Houzeau.