François Henri Hallopeau

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François Henri Hallopeau (17 January 1842, Paris – 20 March 1919, Paris) was a French dermatologist. He studied medicine under Alfred Vulpian and Sigismond Jaccoud. He co-founded and was secretary general of the ''Société Française de dermatologie et de syphiligraphie''. He became a member of the ''Académie de Médecine'' in 1893.

He coined the medical term ''trichotillomania'' in 1889. He also coined the word ''antibiotique'' in 1871 to describe a substance opposed to the development of life.

Selman Waksman was later credited with coining the word ''antibiotic'' to describe such compounds that were derived from other living organisms, such as penicillin. Provided by Wikipedia