Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire

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French person academic biologist human naturalist zoologist

Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire was a pioneering French naturalist and zoologist known for his work on comparative anatomy and his early ideas about the unity of organic composition and species transformism.

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Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire canonical 7
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Predicate Object
instanceOf French person ⓘ
academic ⓘ
biologist ⓘ
human ⓘ
naturalist ⓘ
zoologist ⓘ
child Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1772-04-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1844-06-19 ⓘ
educatedAt Collège de Navarre ⓘ
La Sorbonne ⓘ
surface form: Université de Paris
employer Collège de France ⓘ
Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle ⓘ
surface form: Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle
era 18th century ⓘ
19th century ⓘ
familyName Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
fieldOfWork comparative anatomy ⓘ
evolutionary thought ⓘ
natural history ⓘ
teratology ⓘ
zoology ⓘ
fullName Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire self-link ⓘ
givenName Étienne ⓘ
hasOccupation naturalist ⓘ
professor ⓘ
zoologist ⓘ
influenced Charles Darwin ⓘ
Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire ⓘ
evolutionary biology ⓘ
influencedBy Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon ⓘ
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck ⓘ
knownFor early evolutionary ideas about species transformation ⓘ
foundational work in comparative anatomy ⓘ
studies of anatomical anomalies and monstrosities ⓘ
memberOf Académie des Sciences ⓘ
surface form: Académie des sciences

Académie des Sciences ⓘ
surface form: French Academy of Sciences
nativeLanguage French ⓘ
notableIdea homology in comparative anatomy ⓘ
species transformism ⓘ
unity of organic composition ⓘ
notableStudent Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire ⓘ
notableWork Cours de l’histoire naturelle des mammifères ⓘ
Histoire naturelle générale des règnes organiques ⓘ
Philosophie anatomique ⓘ
placeOfBirth Kingdom of France ⓘ
Étampes ⓘ
placeOfDeath France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
positionHeld chair of zoology at Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle ⓘ
professor of zoology ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Élisabeth Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire ⓘ
workLocation Paris ⓘ

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Commission des Sciences et des Arts → notableMember → Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire ⓘ
Javan lutung → describedBy → Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire ⓘ
Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire → fullName → Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire self-link ⓘ
Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire → familyName → Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
Nile perch → describedBy → Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire ⓘ
Pyrenean desman → describedBy → Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire ⓘ
Jardin du Roi → notableEmployee → Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire ⓘ
Redunca redunca → describedBy → Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire ⓘ