Jean Pierre Flourens

Marie Jean Pierre Flourens, father of Gustave Flourens, was a French physiologist, the founder of experimental brain science, and a pioneer in anesthesia.

13 April 1794

Born on the same birth day (13 April): David Robinson (philanthropist) • Friedrich Graf von Wrangel • Gianni Marzotto • Heinz Baas • Hendrik van Rheede • John Weston (diplomat) • Louis II, Duke of Bavaria • Margus Tsahkna • Max Weinberg • Nam Hae-il • Peter Davison • Quentin Richardson • Seamus Heaney

Born in the same month (April 1794): Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius • Edward Everett • Matthew C. Perry • Søren Christian Sommerfelt • Theobald Boehm • Wei Yuan