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 …

Georges Cuvier, French zoologist and statesman, who established the sciences of comparative anatomy and paleontology.

Georges Cuvier is regarded as the father of paleontology. He convinced a skeptical scientific world of the reality of species extinction. He used comparative anatomy, a science he …

Almost single-handedly, he founded vertebrate paleontology as a scientific discipline and created the comparative method of organismal biology, an incredibly powerful tool. It was Cuvier who …

When Napoleon came to power Cuvier was appointed to several government positions, including State Councillor and Inspector-General of public education. After the restoration of the …

Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier, known as Georges Cuvier, was born on August 23 1769 in Montbéliard, into a Protestant petty bourgeois family. In 1795, Cuvier moved to Paris to work …

Cuvier was primarily a comparative anatomist and paleontologist, and indeed some consider him the founder of comparative anatomy, or of vertebrate paleontology.

Georges Cuvier was a French scientist from the 18 th century. Cuvier was responsible for the theory of catastrophism and a new way of organizing life based on comparative anatomy.

Georges Cuvier (1769-1832) joined the fledgling National Museum in Paris in 1795, and quickly became the world’s leading expert on the anatomy of animals. He then used that knowledge to …

Jul 10, 2013 · Scholars recognize Cuvier as a founder of modern comparative anatomy, and as an important contributor to vertebrate paleontology and geology. Cuvier studied the form and …