François Merry Delabost

François Merry Delabost
Born(1836-08-29)August 29, 1836
Saint-Saire, France
DiedMarch 11, 1918(1918-03-11) (aged 81)
Rouen, France
NationalityFrench
AwardsLegion of Honor

François Merry Delabost (29 August 1836 – 11 March 1918) was a French physician.

Chief-physician in a French prison in Rouen, he is known to be the inventor of the shower in 1872.


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