Paul Gervais

Paul Gervais (born Sept. 26, 1816, Paris—died Feb. 10, 1879, Paris) was a paleontologist and zoologist who succeeded Georges Cuvier and Henri de Blainville as the principal French contributor to vertebrate paleontology. Gervais was a student of Blainville, who was Cuvier’s successor as professor of comparative anatomy at the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Paris. Gervais eventually followed his teacher in the coveted chair (1868). At Montpellier, he served as professor of zoology and comparative anatomy...