Cuvier, Georges L?opold Chr?tien Fr?d?ric Dagobert de (1769-1852) paleontologist and anatomist

1798-1832

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1769Born in Montb?liard, in Burgundy 1784Went to Caroline University, near Stuttgart, Germany, to study administrative, juridical, and economic sciences. Also studied natural history and comparative anatomy1788 Education complete, served as a tutor for a French family1795Moved to Paris in 1795 where he was invited by French naturalist Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire to study and work at the newly reorganized Museum of Natural History. Immediately appointed professor of zoology and assistant professor of animal anatomy1800 Became professor at the Coll?ge de France 1800Broke with doctrine that all life could be organized into a continuous series beginning with the simplest organism and ending with humans in favour of the idea that four basic body plans existed in the animal world: the Vertebrata, Articulata, Radiata, and Mollusca1817Le Regne Animal dominated natural history in England and France until the publication in 1859 of On the Origin of Species, by Charles DarwinAlso served in other public service positions:1814Councillor of state1819Head of the Interior Department of the Council of State

MS.7904 arranged chronologically, in sections.

Wellcome Library; GB.