Georges Cuvier
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Georges Cuvier was a pioneering French naturalist and zoologist regarded as the founder of comparative anatomy and paleontology, known for establishing extinction as a scientific fact.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Georges Cuvier canonical | 16 |
| Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier | 2 |
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
French person
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anatomist ⓘ human ⓘ naturalist ⓘ paleontologist ⓘ scientist ⓘ zoologist ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Copley Medal ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1769-08-23 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
County of Montbéliard
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Kingdom of Württemberg ⓘ Montbéliard ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Père Lachaise Cemetery ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1832-05-13 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
France
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Paris ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Académie Caroline de Stuttgart ⓘ |
| familyName | Cuvier ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
comparative anatomy
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natural history ⓘ paleontology ⓘ zoology ⓘ |
| fullName |
Georges Cuvier
self-linksurface differs
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Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier
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| givenName |
Frederic
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surface form:
Frédéric
Jean ⓘ Léopold ⓘ Nicholas ⓘ
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Nicolas
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| influenced |
Louis Agassiz
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Richard Owen ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Buffon
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Carl Linnaeus ⓘ |
| knownFor |
catastrophism theory
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establishing extinction as a scientific fact ⓘ founding comparative anatomy ⓘ founding vertebrate paleontology ⓘ opposition to evolutionary transformism ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Académie française
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Académie des Sciences ⓘ
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French Academy of Sciences
Prussian Academy of Sciences ⓘ Royal Society ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Le Règne Animal
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Recherches sur les ossemens fossiles de quadrupèdes ⓘ Le Règne Animal ⓘ
surface form:
Tableau élémentaire de l’histoire naturelle des animaux
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| positionHeld |
councillor of state of France
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perpetual secretary of the French Academy of Sciences ⓘ professor at Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle ⓘ |
| religion | Lutheranism ⓘ |
| theory | catastrophism ⓘ |
| workLocation | Paris ⓘ |
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Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier
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Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier
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Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier