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Georges Cuvier

1769 - 1832

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Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, baron Cuvier (23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier (; French: [ʒɔʁʒ(ə) kyvje]), 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 through his work in comparing living animals with fossils. Cuvier's work is considered the foundation of vertebrate paleontology, and he expanded Linnaean taxonomy by grouping classes into phyla and incorporating both fossils and living species into the classification. Cuvier is also known for establishing extinction as a fact—at the time, extinction was considered by many of Cuvier's contemporaries to be merely controversial speculation. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Georges Cuvier is the 15th most popular biologist (down from 10th in 2019), the 252nd most popular biography from France (down from 197th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular French Biologist.

Georges Cuvier was a French biologist and zoologist. He is most famous for his work in comparative anatomy and paleontology. He is credited with being the father of comparative anatomy.

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Among biologists, Georges Cuvier ranks 15 out of 1,097. Before him are Ernst Haeckel, Konrad Lorenz, Rosalind Franklin, Karl Landsteiner, Robert Edwards, and Robert Brown. After him are George Beadle, Alfred Russel Wallace, Macfarlane Burnet, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, Élie Metchnikoff, and Thomas Hunt Morgan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1769, Georges Cuvier ranks 4. Before him are Napoleon, Alexander von Humboldt, and Muhammad Ali of Egypt. After him are Michel Ney, Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Jean-de-Dieu Soult, Jean Lannes, Ivan Krylov, Ferdinand III, Grand Duke of Tuscany, André-Jacques Garnerin, and Ivan Kotliarevsky. Among people deceased in 1832, Georges Cuvier ranks 7. Before him are Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Napoleon II, Évariste Galois, Jean-François Champollion, Walter Scott, and Jeremy Bentham. After him are Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot, Rasmus Rask, Muzio Clementi, Jean-Baptiste Say, Maria Theresa of Austria-Este, Queen of Sardinia, and Princess Maria Anna of Saxony.

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In France

Among people born in France, Georges Cuvier ranks 252 out of 6,770. Before him are Gustave Le Bon (1841), Berthe Morisot (1841), Roger Martin du Gard (1881), Alfred Dreyfus (1859), Camille Claudel (1864), and Henri Moissan (1852). After him are John II of France (1319), Nicolas Léonard Sadi Carnot (1796), Nadar (1820), Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894), Arsène Wenger (1949), and Louis VI of France (1081).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In France

Among biologists born in France, Georges Cuvier ranks 2. Before him are Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744). After him are Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707), Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot (1748), Luc Montagnier (1932), Charles Richet (1850), André Michel Lwoff (1902), Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (1947), François Jacob (1920), Roger Guillemin (1924), René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683), and Jean Dausset (1916).

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