Anne Beaumanoir

Anne Beaumanoir, born Raymonde Marcelle Beaumanoir on October 30, 1923, in Créhen, Côtes-du-Nord, and died on March 4, 2022, in Quimper, Finistère, was a French neurologist, neurophysiologist, and communist activist, a pioneer in the application of electroencephalography in epileptology. For her help to Jews in Brittany during World War II, she was recognized as Righteous Among the Nations by Yad Vashem. She is also known for her involvement in the Algerian War with the FLN and for her various o...