Xavier Bichat
French anatomist and pathologist
Marie François Xavier Bichat was a French anatomist and pathologist, known as the father of modern histology. Although he worked without a microscope, Bichat distinguished 21 types of elementary tissues from which the organs of the human body are... Wikipedia
Born: November 14, 1771, Thoirette, Thoirette-Coisia, France
Died: July 22, 1802 (age 30 years), Paris, France
Known for: the concept of tissue
Nationality: French
Parents: Jean-Baptise Bichat and Jeanne-Rose Bichat