Jules Cotard

Jules Cotard
Born1 June 1840
Died19 August 1889(1889-08-19) (aged 49)
NationalityFrench
Known forCotard delusion
Scientific career
Fieldsneurology and psychiatry
InstitutionsHospice de la Salpêtrière

Jules Cotard (1 June 1840 – 19 August 1889) was a French physician who practiced neurology and psychiatry. He is best known for first describing the Cotard delusion, a patient's delusional belief that they are dead, do not exist, or do not have bodily organs.