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Eugène Sémérie

1832 – 1884

French psychiatrist

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Lived 1832 – 1884 (aged 52). Eugène Sémérie was a French psychiatrist.

Eugène Sémérie (6 January 1832 in Aix-en-Provence – 3 May 1884 in Grasse ) was a French doctor and writer involved with the positive movement.

In 1870 Sémérie was one of the founders of the Positivist Club, which was set up following the proclamation of the French Third Republic on 4 September 1870.

Works Des symptômes intellectuels de la folie / Paris : A. Delahaye, 1867 République occidentale ordre et progrès : Fondation d'un club positiviste / Paris : impr. de Jouaust, 1870 La République et le peuple souverain : mémoire lu au club positiviste de Paris dans sa séance du lundi 3 avril 1871 / Paris : A. Lacroix, Verboeckoven and co., 1871 Positivistes et catholiques (2nd edition) with a new preface, Ernest Leroux éditeur, Avril 1873 La grande crise 1789-1871, Neuchatel: Impr. de L.-A. Borel 1874 Théologie et science : simple réponse à M. Dupanloup, évêque d'Orléans / 4e éd. / Paris : E. Leroux, 1875 Des symptômes intellectuels de la folie / (2nd edition) / Paris : E. Leroux, 1875 La loi des trois états : réponse à M. Renouvier, directeur de la Critique philosophique / Paris : E. Leroux, 1875 Des Sources biologiques de la notion d'humanité, Vichy: Impr. de Wallon, 1883 Des hallucinations de la musculation : la conquête du microbe / Vichy : impr. de Wallon, 1883

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French psychiatrist (1832-1884)

When was Eugène Sémérie born?

Eugène Sémérie was born on 6 January 1832 in Aix-en-Provence.

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Eugène Sémérie died on 3 May 1884 in Grasse.

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Eugène Sémérie was a psychiatrist.

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Eugène Sémérie was French.

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