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Name: Georges Léopold Cuvier, Baron
Birth Date: August 23, 1769
Death Date: May 13, 1832
Place of Birth: Montbéliard, Württemberg, France
Place of Death: France
Nationality: French
Gender: Male
Occupations: zoologist, biologist

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Biography of Georges Cuvier
1,331 words, approx. 4 pages
Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, Baron Cuvier was a French naturalist who is known as the founder of modern comparative anatomy and as the founder of the field of paleontology. He was born in 1769 in Montbeliard,...
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Biography of Georges-Léopold-Chrétien-Frédéric-Dagobert, Baron
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Although Cuvier was trained as an anatomist, his contribution to the science of biology and the organization of plants and animals was so substantial that he is known today as the founder of comparative anatomy and paleontology. Cuvier was born in 1769...
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Biography of Georges Léopold Cuvier, Baron
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The French zoologist and biologist Baron Georges Léopold Cuvier (1769-1832) made significant contributions in the fields of paleontology, comparative anatomy, and taxonomy and was one of the chief spokesmen for science in postrevolutionary...


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Georges Cuvier Revolutionizes Paleontology Summary
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In the wake of the French Revolution (1789-99), young naturalist Georges Cuvier took up arms against conventional beliefs calling into question the accepted view of the history of Earth as well as the relatedness of fossil organisms to living species....
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Cuvier, Georges (1769-1832) Summary
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French naturalist Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert, Baron Cuvier was a French naturalist who is known as the founder of the field of paleontology, as well as the founder of comparative anatomy. Cuvier was born in...
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Georges Cuvier Summary
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1769-1832 French Anatomist and Paleontologist Georges Cuvier was France's leading naturalist and the father of paleontology and comparative anatomy. Born in the Jura mountain region of France on August 23, 1769, Cuvier attended the Carolinian...
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Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert Cuvier Summary
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1769-1832 French anatomist considered the father of comparative anatomy. He extended Carolus Linnaeus's classification system by adding the phylum. Stressing similarities in internal structures rather than surface superficialities, he grouped...
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Baron Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert Cuvier (August 23 1769–May 13, 1832) was a French naturalist and zoologist. He was the elder brother of Frédéric Cuvier (1773–1838), also a naturalist. He was a major figure in scientific...


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Cuvier, Georges: Georges Cuvier. Naissance d'un genie.(Brief article)(Book review)
06/22/2006: 203 words, approx. 1 pages
Cuvier, Georges Georges Cuvier. Naissance d'un genie. Philippe Taquet. Paris: Odile Jacob, 2006. 534 pp. Euro29,90. Balzac said he had built his Comedie Humaine as a comparative anatomy of the French society of his time in reference to the works of Cuvier,...
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Stephen Maturin in the Age of Lamarck: a fictional restoration of Cuvier.
03/01/2003: 7,067 words, approx. 24 pages
Patrick O'Brian's novels reflect the polymorphous epistemological scene of early-nineteenth-century natural philosophy. lie makes the character Stephen Maturin not a proto-Darwinian but an advocate of the neo-classical paradigm articulated most influentially by Georges Cuvier. Maturin confronts the most vexing puzzles for the traditional...
 


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