Félix Regnault (17 June 1863 in

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– 4 October 1938) was a French

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and

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. He served as president of the '' Société d'Anthropologie de Paris'' and the ''Société préhistorique française'' (1928).

Works

Partial list *Regnault, F. (1895). Les artistes préhistoriques d’après les dernières découvertes. ''La Nature'' 1167(12 octobre 1895): 305–307. *Regnault, F. (1897). Hypnotisme, religion. Preface by

Camille Saint-Saëns Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (, , 9October 183516 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic music, Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Piano ...

.List of publications
fr.Wikisource *Regnault, F. (1900). Les Lépreux au Moyen-Age. in Correspondant Médical: ''Journal Médical, Scientifique Littéraire et Illustré'' 6(130):5. *Regnault, F. (1907). Les Figurines Antiques Devant l'Art et la Médecine. ''Médecin'' (Paris, France) 4:26ff. *Regnault, F. (1912). Les représentations de l'obésite dans l'art préhistorique. ''Bulletin de la Société d'Anthropologie de Paris'', Series 6, 3:35-39. *Regnault, F. (1924). Les representations de femmes dans l'art paléolithique sont stéatomères, non stéatopyges. ''Bulletin de la Société Préhistorique Francaise'' 21:84-88. His collection of prehistoric artefacts is held by the Muséum de Toulouse.

References

* Desoille, H. (1938
Félix Regnault, notice nécrologique
''Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'anthropologie de Paris'', VIII° Série, t. 9, fasc. 4-6, p. 120.

External links

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