Édouard Fournié

Germain Célestin Édouard Fournié (4 March 1833 – 24 March 1886) was a French surgeon, physician, anatomist and physiologist, and a prominent specialist in the field of the voice and speech physiology, as well as fields of neuroanatomy and neurophysiology. He was born in Limoux (Aude, France) on 4 March 1833 in the house of his maternal grandfather, Louis Joly. His father, Jean François Fournié, who was a doctor of medicine, served at the time as an Inspector of the mineral waters of Alet-les-Bains.

His mother, Marie Célestine Joly, was from a rich and notable family.