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  1. Alcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d'Orbigny (6 September 1802 – 30 June 1857) was a French naturalist who made major contributions in many areas, including zoology (including malacology ), palaeontology, geology, archaeology and anthropology . D'Orbigny was born in Couëron ( Loire-Atlantique ), the son of a ship's physician and amateur ...

  2. Alcide Dessalines d’ Orbigny (born Sept. 6, 1802, Couëron, Fr.—died June 30, 1857, near Saint-Denis) was the founder of the science of micropaleontology.. During eight years of travel in South America (1826–34) Orbigny studied the people, natural history, and geology of the continent.

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  3. Alcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d'Orbigny, né le 6 septembre 1802 à Couëron (Loire-Inférieure) et mort le 30 juin 1857 à Pierrefitte-sur-Seine , est un naturaliste, explorateur, malacologue et paléontologue français, célèbre pour son voyage en Amérique du Sud et ses travaux en paléontologie.

  4. Alcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d'Orbigny (6 September 1802 – 30 June 1857) was a French naturalist who helped in zoology (including malacology ), palaeontology, geology, archaeology and anthropology .

  5. Alcide Dessalines d'Orbigny, ( b. 6 September 1802; d. 30 June 1857), French naturalist and explorer. Orbigny, a native of Couëron, France, was commissioned by the Paris Museum of Natural History to explore much of South America between 1826 and 1834. He spent the first year collecting plants and animals in Brazil and Uruguay.

  6. Alcide d'Orbigny, a French naturalist, died June 30, 1857 at age 54. In 1826, the Paris Museum of Natural History sent Orbigny to South America to collect specimens, which he did with enthusiasm until 1833, sending back thousands of items. Darwin encountered Orbigny’s shadow in 1832 when he arrived at the Rio Negro in Patagonia on the Beagle ...

  7. Oct 1, 2022 · Among them, the collection of foraminifera gathered by Alcide d’Orbigny is the most outstanding and can be considered as the central nucleus of the current collection. Alcide Dessaline d’Orbigny (1802–1857) was a French naturalist originating from La Rochelle, SW France.

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