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Georges Léopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier was born on August 23, 1769 in the town of Montbéliard in the Kingdom of Würtemberg. The town is now in France, close to the Swiss border. His mother was Anne Clémence Chatel. His father was Jean George Cuvier, a retired lieutenant in the Swiss Army. Both parents were members of the Lutheran Church.
Georges Cuvier, baptized Georges Jean-Leopold Nicolas-Frederic Cuvier, was a professor of anatomy at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France, through the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
Georges Cuvier, baptized Georges Jean-Leopold Nicolas-Frederic Cuvier, was a professor of anatomy at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, France, through the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.
other name:Cuvier, Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric. Details. individual; scientist/engineer; French; Male. Life dates. 1769-1832. Biography. Naturalist and zoologist. Author of 'Le Règne Animal ', 1817. Member of the Académie of Sciences within the Institut de France (1796), professor of natural history at the Collège de France (1800 ...
Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, Baron Cuvier , known as Georges Cuvier , was a French naturalist and zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology". 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 ...
"Georges Cuvier", by Marie Nicolas Ponce-Camus (Paris 1778 - Paris 1839). ... A short biography of Jean Léopold Frédéric, a.k.a. Georges Cuvier, a French ...
