Jean-Baptiste Étienne Auguste Charcot, better known in France as Commandant Charcot, (15 July 1867 in Neuilly-sur-Seine near Paris – 16 September 1936 at sea, was a French scientist, medical doctor and polar scientist. His father was the neurologist Jean-Martin Charcot . As a sportsman, he was French rugby XV champion in 1896 and also won a double silver medal in sailing at the 1900 Summer Olympics.

Headlines from September 16, 1936

Garner Lunches With President

INSURANCE ASSETS UP $3,000,000,000, ROOSEVELT IS TOLD; Rise Since 1933 Brings the Total to $23,915,000,000, Company Heads Report. 2,000,000 MORE POLICIES Gain in Number of Small Holders, Revealed at White House Talk, Pleases President. INSURANCE ASSETS UP $3,000,000,000

Conquest of Influenza Is Near, Scientists Tell Harvard Session; Discovery of 2 Immunity Serums Reported at Tercentenary Meeting of Medical School -- Dr. J.C. White Asserts Epileptic Attack May Be Predicted 24 Hours Before Its Visible Symptoms. CURB ON INFLUENZA IS REPORTED NEAR

Six Institutions Here Share $13,027,737 Of Miss Thompson's $14,914,031 Estate

LILLE UNDER GUARD IN STRIKE IMPASSE; Public Buildings Watched as Civil Aides Threaten to Act to Support Textile Unions. EMPLOYERS ARE ADAMANT But Blum May Tell Them He Will Take Responsibility for Results of Agreement.

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