Georges Léopold Nicolas Frédéric (Cuvier) Baron Cuvier (1769 - 1832)

Born 23 Aug 1769 in Montbéliard, Holy Roman Empire

Died 13 May 1832 at age 62 in Paris, Seine, France

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Biography

Georges (Cuvier) Baron Cuvier is Notable.

• father of paleontology - established extinction as a fact^[1]
• s/o Jean George Cuvier & Anne Clémence Chatel^[1]

Professeur au Collège de France (1800-1832), histoire naturelle

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Birth: Aug. 24, 1769

Montbeliard, Departement du Doubs, Franche-Comté, France

Death: May 13, 1832

City of Paris, Île-de-France, France

Burial: Cimetière du Père Lachaise, Paris

City of Paris, Île-de-France, France

Plot: Division 8

(Memorial contains biographical sketch) ^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Wikipedia: Georges Cuvier, accessed 8 Nov 2016
2. ↑ Maintained by: Find A Grave; Record added: Dec 19, 1999; Find A Grave Memorial# 7733; URL: Find A Grave: Memorial #7733

• The Britannica Guide to The 100 Most Influential Scientists (2007), pp. 137-140, 170, 173.
• Base Léonore Dossier LH/643/10 http://www2.culture.gouv.fr/LH/LH059/PG/FRDAFAN83_OL0643010V001.htm