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I. Geoffroy Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (16 December 1805 – 10 November 1861) was a French zoologist and an authority on deviation from normal structure. In 1854 he coined the term éthologie ( ethology ).
Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (born Dec. 16, 1805, Paris, Fr.—died Nov. 10, 1861, Paris) was a French zoologist noted for his work on anatomical abnormalities in humans and lower animals.
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Feb 11, 2017 · Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire helped establish teratology as a branch of scientific study. Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire was born on 16 December 1805 in Paris, France, at the Museum of Natural History.
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May 11, 2018 · GEOFFROY SAINT-HILAIRE, ISIDORE (b. Paris, France, 16 December 1805; d. Paris, 10 November 1861),zoology, acclimatization, zookeeping, natural history, teratology, transformism, evolution, Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, animal studies.
The Ambiguous Founding of Ethology Ethology, as the study of the characters of animals in their natural habitats, was foun- ded terminologically by Isidore Geoffroy-Saint- Hilaire, the son of the forementioned, in 1859. But this is complicated by an earlier founding with a very different meaning.
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Dec 16, 2014 · Scientist of the Day. Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire. DECEMBER 16, 2014. Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, a French zoologist, was born Dec. 16, 1805. Isidore was the son of the noted Darwinian precursor, Etienne Geoffroy Sainte-Hilaire, and he succeeded his father as professor at the Natural History Museum in Paris in 1841. Beginning that...
In the early 1800s, a new science of monstrosities was promoted by the French anatomist Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772–1844). His claim that all animals could be reduced to a single basic plan, linking the lowest organisms with man, challenged the strict religious and political hierarchy.
