Jean Cruveilhier

Jean Cruveilhier (February 9, 1791 in Limoges, France – March 7, 1874 in Sussac) was a French anatomist and pathologist. In 1816 he earned his doctorate in Paris, where in 1825 he succeeded Pierre Augustin Béclard (1785–1825) as professor of anatomy. In 1836 he relinquished the chair of anatomy to Gilbert Breschet (1784–1845), and became the first occupant of the recently founded chair of pathological anatomy. In 1836 he was elected to the Académie de Médecine, becoming its president in 1839. For over forty years he was president of the Société anatomique. Puerto Rican pro-independence leader, surgeon and Légion d'honneur laureate, Ramón Emeterio Betances, was one of his prominent students. Cruveilhier was a highly influential...