Georges Cuvier
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Georges Chrétien Léopold Dagobert Cuvier or Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier (sources differ on his name) (August 23, 1769 – May 13, 1832), known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist. Cuvier was a major figure in natural sciences research in the early 19th century, and was instrumental in establishing the fields of comparative anatomy and paleontology through his work in comparing living animals with fossils. He is well known for establishing extinction as a fact, being the most influential proponent of catastrophism in geology in the early 19th century, and opposing the evolutionary theories of Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck and Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire. His most famous work is Le Règne Animal (1817; English: The Animal Kingdom). In 1819, he was created a peer for life in honor of his scientific contributions. Thereafter he was known as Baron Cuvier. He died in Paris of cholera.
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| Baron Georges Cuvier - Biography Baron Georges Cuvier - Biography www.macroevolution.net/cuvier.html - Web |
| Victorian Web Bio Victorian Web Bio victorianweb.org/science/cuvier.html - Web |
| Infoscience Infoscience www.infoscience.fr/histoire/biograph/biograph.php3?Ref=18 - Web |
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| English translation of Discourses English translation of Discourses www.mala.bc.ca/~johnstoi/cuvier/cuvier.htm - Web |
| Cuvier's principle of the correlation of parts Cuvier's principle of the correlation of parts www.cosmovisions.com/Williams040501.htm - Web |
| Cuvier's Elegy of Lamarck Cuvier's Elegy of Lamarck www.victorianweb.org/.../cuvier_on_lamarck.htm - Web |
| English translation of Règne animal English translation of Règne animal www.archive.org/details/animalkingdomarr00cuvi - Web |
