Jean-Baptiste Noulet
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Jean-Baptiste Noulet was a French
France
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 scientist and naturalist who helped to prove the archæological existence of humans and was one of the pioneers of the scientific discipline of prehistoric archaeology
Prehistoric archaeology
History is the study of the past using written records. Archaeology can also be used to study the past alongside history. Prehistoric archaeology is the study of the past before historical records began....

. He was born in Venerque
Venerque
Venerque is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.-Population:-References:*...

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Having obtained his doctorate in medicine at Montpellier
University of Montpellier
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 in 1832, Noulet focussed his research on Occitania
Occitania
Occitania , also sometimes lo País d'Òc, "the Oc Country"), is the region in southern Europe where Occitan was historically the main language spoken, and where it is sometimes still used, for the most part as a second language...

 and latterly on the Occitan language. Noulet served as the Director of the Natural History Museum in Toulouse
Muséum de Toulouse
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 from 1872, where he founded a gallery devoted to prehistory.

He lived in Venerque
Venerque
Venerque is a commune in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern France.-Population:-References:*...

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