Frère Jacques Beaulieu [SEP] date of death
Frère Jacques Beaulieu
Frère Jacques Beaulieu (); 1651–1720), also known as Frère Jacques Baulot, was a travelling lithotomist with scant knowledge of anatomy and was also a Dominican friar. Beaulieu performed the frequently deadly procedure in France into the early 18th century.
The urologic community often claims Beaulieu is subject of the French nursery rhyme "Frère Jacques", but this is not well-established. A possible connection between "Frère Jacques" and Beaulieu, as claimed by Irvine Loudon and many others, was explored by
Latin "Iacobus" and the Greek Ἰακώβος (Septuagintal Greek Ἰακώβ), referring to the Biblical Patriarch Jacob.
Lyrics Theories of origin.
A possible connection between "Frère Jacques" and the 17th century lithotomist Frère Jacques Beaulieu (also known as Frère Jacques Baulot), as claimed by Irvine Loudon and many others, was explored by J. P. Ganem and C. C. Carson without finding any evidence for a connection.
Francesca Draughon and Raymond Knapp argue that "Frère Jacques" was originally a song to taunt Jews or Protestants