Alfred Vulpian — commemorative plaque

Location: 24 RUE SOUFFLOT, Paris.

Period recorded for this site: 19th century.

Coordinates: 48.84738, 2.34165.

This plaque is a stop on these walks: Americans in Paris: Writers, Artists & Stars, Americans in Paris Essentials.

On Americans in Paris: Writers, Artists & Stars: Musée d'Orsay, see the masterpieces of American impressionists Mary Cassatt and John Singer Sargent.

On Americans in Paris Essentials: Gertrude Stein's salon at 27 rue de Fleurus was the epicenter of modernism. Here Hemingway learned to write "true sentences," Fitzgerald showed early drafts of "Gatsby," and Picasso's paintings lined the walls. Stein famously told Hemingway: "You are all a lost generation."

Other plaques within a few minutes' walk: Paul Mounet (23 m); Groupe de mathématiciens Bourbaki (34 m); Ecole rue Victor Cousin (36 m); Charles Péguy (74 m); Miklos Radnoti (80 m).