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Naming The boulevard was named after Franois-Vincent Raspail (1794-1878), French chemist, doctor and politician. Franois-Vincent Raspail (1794-1878) Biography Raspail was born in Carpentras, Vaucluse. A member of the republican Carbonari society, Raspail was imprisoned during Louis Philippe's reign (1830-1848) and was a candidate for presidency of the Second Republic in December 1848. However, he was then involved in the attempted revolt of May 15, 1848, and in March 1849 was again imprisoned as a result. After Louis Napoleon's December 2, 1851 coup, his sentence was commuted to exile, from which he returned to France only in 1862. In 1869, during the liberal phase of the Second Empire (1851-1870), he was elected deputy from Lyon. He remained a popular republican during the French Third Republic, after the short-term Paris Commune in 1871. Scientific achievements Raspail was one of the founders of the cell theory in biology. He coined the phrase omnis cellula e cellula (every cell is derived from a [preexisting] cell" later attributed to Rudolf Karl Virchow. He was an early proponent of the use of the microscope in the study of plants. He was also an early advocate of the use of antisepsis and better sanitation and diet. Entry into politics After the revolution of 1830, Raspail became involved in politics. He was President of the Human Rights Society, and was imprisoned for that role. While in prison, he tended sick inmates, and studied their diseases. He became convinced of the value of camphor, which he believed worked by killing extremely small parasites -- a version of the germ theory of disease.
History The section between a point approximately 80m beyond the rue de Varenne and rue de Svres was dug in 1869. The 90m section from rue Stanislas was opened up by MM. Bernard frres. The section between boulevard Edgar-Quinet and place Denfert-Rochereau had incorporated the old boulevard d'Enfer and the external boulevard (part of boulevard de Montrouge) into a single road by the law of 16 June 1859. Its width was 70m before the decree of 14 September 1892. In 1933, the enlarged part of boulevard Raspail surrounding n 51, where it meets the rue du Cherche-Midi, was named place Alphonse-Deville. The chemin de ronde d'Enfer was annexed from boulevard Raspail and boulevard Edgar-Quinet.
Boulevard Raspail
