Xavier Bichat
Xavier Bichat
Portrait of Bichat by Pierre-Maximilien Delafontaine, 1799
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a French anatomist and pathologist, known as the father of modern histology. Bichat distinguished, without a microscope, 21 types of tissues from which the organs of the human body are composed.
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Born
Marie François Xavier Bichat 14 November 1771 Thoirette, France
Died
22 July 1802 (aged 30) Paris, France
Known for
the concept of tissue
Fields
Histology Pathological anatomy
adultbasic
France
era
1800+
Resting place
Père Lachaise Cemetery