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He is also credited for introducing the demarcation of the brain's cortical surface into five lobes, (frontal lobe, temporal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe and insular cortex).","With Paul Broca (1824-1880) he performed correlative studies of aphasia and the frontal lobe. Gratiolet was a vocal critic of Broca regarding the latter's belief that a larger brain equated to higher intelligence."],"facts":[{"key":"born","label":"Born","values":[{"text":"6 July 1815","date":"1815-07-06"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1871934#P569"}},{"key":"birthplace","label":"Place of birth","values":[{"text":"Sainte-Foy-la-Grande","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q320233"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1871934#P19"}},{"key":"died","label":"Died","values":[{"text":"16 February 1865","date":"1865-02-16"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1871934#P570"}},{"key":"deathplace","label":"Place of death","values":[{"text":"Paris","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q90"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1871934#P20"}},{"key":"citizenship","label":"Citizenship","values":[{"text":"France","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q142"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1871934#P27"}},{"key":"occupation","label":"Occupation","values":[{"text":"anatomist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10872101"},{"text":"zoologist","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q350979"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1871934#P106"}},{"key":"education","label":"Education","values":[{"text":"Collège Stanislas de Paris","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2983698"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1871934#P69"}},{"key":"positions","label":"Positions held","values":[{"text":"president (1 January 1864 – 31 December 1864)","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q30461","start":"1864-01-01","end":"1864-12-31"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1871934#P39"}},{"key":"awards","label":"Awards","values":[{"text":"Knight of the Legion of Honour","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q10855271","date":"1858"}],"source":{"label":"Wikidata","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1871934#P166"}}],"office":null,"sections":[],"cited":[],"cited_from":null,"videos":[],"last_reviewed":null,"organizations":[],"same_as":["https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Pierre_Gratiolet","https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1871934"],"faq":[{"q":"When was Louis Pierre Gratiolet born?","a":"Louis Pierre Gratiolet was born on 6 July 1815 in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande."},{"q":"What positions has Louis Pierre Gratiolet held?","a":"Positions held by Louis Pierre Gratiolet include: president (1864–1864)."},{"q":"Where did Louis Pierre Gratiolet study?","a":"Louis Pierre Gratiolet was educated at Collège Stanislas de Paris."}],"related":[{"name":"Hosni Mubarak","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/hosni-mubarak"},{"name":"Gamal Abdel Nasser","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/gamal-abdel-nasser"},{"name":"Mohamed Morsi","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-morsi"},{"name":"Mohamed Naguib","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/mohamed-naguib"},{"name":"Abdul Rahman Arif","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/abdul-rahman-arif"},{"name":"Muhammad Najib ar-Ruba'i","url":"https://diginpl.com/people/muhammad-najib-ar-ruba-i"}],"places_in":[],"nearby":[],"image":{"url":"https://diginpl.com/kb-img/louis-pierre-gratiolet-6e468a66d7.jpg","width":349,"height":482,"license":"Public domain","credit":"Oliva (sculpteur).","page":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gratiolet,_Pierre.jpg"},"sources":[{"label":"Wikipedia (English): Louis Pierre Gratiolet","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Pierre_Gratiolet","license":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"},{"label":"Wikidata item Q1871934","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1871934","license":"https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/"},{"label":"Image: Gratiolet, Pierre.jpg by Oliva (sculpteur). 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