Jean-Martin Charcot home

Jean-Martin Charcot lived in this beautiful home, the ancient Hôtel de Varengeville, at 217 Boulevard Saint-Germain, in Paris, from 1884 until his death in 1893.

In this big house - which included also Charcot's work-office, library (now at the Hôpital de la Salpêtrière) and artistic atelier -, he reunited a lot of friends on his celebrated Tuesday evenings¹.

On the facade, there is a memorial tablet remembering the scientist but it is usually covered by the placards of current activities in the Maison de l'Amérique latine which is now hosted in the house.

• Photos by Luca Borghi ti.supmacinu|ihgrob.l#| (August 2014)

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Footnotes

1. Cf Georges Guillain, J.M.Charcot 1825-1893 (Sa vie, son oeuvre), Masson, Paris 1955, pp. 34-38.