Antoine-Athanase Royer-Collard
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Antoine-Athanase Royer-Collard (February 7, 1768 – November 27, 1825) was a French physician who was born in the village of Sompuis
, département Marne
. He was a younger brother to philosopher Pierre-Paul Royer-Collard (1763–1845).
He studied medicine in Paris
, and in 1806 became chief physician at the Charenton
mental asylum. In 1816 he became a professor of forensic medicine at the Faculté de Médecine de Paris, and in 1819 was appointed to the first chair of médecine mentale.
In 1803 Royer-Collard founded the periodical, Bibliothèque médicale. After his death in 1825, his position at the Charenton was filled by Jean-Etienne-Dominique Esquirol (1772–1840).
One of his famous patients at the Charenton was Donatien Alphonse François de Sade
(1740–1814), better known as Marquis de Sade, who spent the last eleven years of his life incarcerated at the asylum. Royer-Collard protested against the imprisonment of Marquis de Sade at the Charenton, believing him to be sane, and his only madness being vice. (This contrasts with the character Dr. Royer-Collard in the 2000 Philip Kaufman
movie Quills
, based on the Doug Wright play of the same name.)
Sompuis
Sompuis is a commune in the Marne department in north-eastern France....
, département Marne
Marne
Marne is a department in north-eastern France named after the river Marne which flows through the department. The prefecture of Marne is Châlons-en-Champagne...
. He was a younger brother to philosopher Pierre-Paul Royer-Collard (1763–1845).
He studied medicine in Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, and in 1806 became chief physician at the Charenton
Charenton (asylum)
Charenton was a lunatic asylum, founded in 1645 by the Frères de la Charité in Charenton-Saint-Maurice, now Saint-Maurice, Val-de-Marne, France....
mental asylum. In 1816 he became a professor of forensic medicine at the Faculté de Médecine de Paris, and in 1819 was appointed to the first chair of médecine mentale.
In 1803 Royer-Collard founded the periodical, Bibliothèque médicale. After his death in 1825, his position at the Charenton was filled by Jean-Etienne-Dominique Esquirol (1772–1840).
One of his famous patients at the Charenton was Donatien Alphonse François de Sade
Marquis de Sade
Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade was a French aristocrat, revolutionary politician, philosopher, and writer famous for his libertine sexuality and lifestyle...
(1740–1814), better known as Marquis de Sade, who spent the last eleven years of his life incarcerated at the asylum. Royer-Collard protested against the imprisonment of Marquis de Sade at the Charenton, believing him to be sane, and his only madness being vice. (This contrasts with the character Dr. Royer-Collard in the 2000 Philip Kaufman
Philip Kaufman
Philip Kaufman is an American film director and screenwriter. His movies have adapted novels of widely different types – from Milan Kundera’s The Unbearable Lightness of Being to Michael Crichton’s Rising Sun; from Tom Wolfe’s heroic epic The Right Stuff to the erotic writings of Anaïs Nin’s...
movie Quills
Quills
Quills is a 2000 period film directed by Philip Kaufman and adapted from the Obie award-winning play by Doug Wright, who also wrote the original screenplay. Inspired by the life and work of the Marquis de Sade, Quills re-imagines the last years of the Marquis' incarceration in the insane asylum at...
, based on the Doug Wright play of the same name.)