Career
Richer was an assistant to Jean-Martin Charcot at the Salpêtrière, and from 1882 to 1896 was chief of the laboratory at the Salpêtrière Hospital. With Charcot he performed research of hysteria and epilepsy, and also performed studies of medicine and its relationship to art In 1903, Richer was appointed to the chair of artistic anatomy at the École des Beaux-Arts, and in 1907-1908 was president of the Société Française d"Histoire de la Society Française Médecine Légale (French Society for the History of Medicine).
His sculptures can be found in museums throughout Europe, including the Musée d"Orsay.
