Philippe Pinel was a French physician, precursor of psychiatry and incidentally a zoologist. He was instrumental in the development of a more humane psychological approach to the custody and care of psychiatric patients, referred to today as moral... Wikipedia
Born: April 20, 1745, Jonquières, France
Died: October 25, 1826 (age 81 years), Paris, France
Education: université de toulouse
Grandchild: Philippe-Charles Pinel
Children: Scipion Pinel
Parents: Philippe Francois Pinel and Élisabeth Dupuy