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Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire: Quick Facts

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Born April 15, 1772 • Étampes • France
Died June 19, 1844 (aged 72) • Paris • France
Notable Works “Philosophie anatomique”
Subjects Of Study invertebrate • comparative anatomy • embryo • evolution • taxonomy
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
French biologist
Belon, detail from an engraving
Pierre Belon
French naturalist
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Félix Dujardin
French biologist
Julian Huxley
Sir Julian Huxley
British biologist
William Brooks
William Keith Brooks
American zoologist
Georges Cuvier
Georges Cuvier
French zoologist
Huxley, Thomas Henry
Thomas Henry Huxley
British biologist
British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace
British naturalist
Alfred Sherwood Romer, 1965
Alfred Sherwood Romer
American biologist
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Johannes Müller
German physiologist
Conrad Gesner.
Conrad Gesner
Swiss physician and naturalist
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Sir Gavin de Beer
British zoologist
Mayr, Ernst
Ernst Mayr
American biologist
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Sir John Graham Kerr
British biologist
Lankester, Edwin Ray
Sir Edwin Ray Lankester
British zoologist
Karl Gegenbaur.
Karl Gegenbaur
German anatomist
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Oka Asajirō
Japanese biologist
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Addison Emery Verrill
American zoologist
Lyonnet, detail of an oil painting by Hendrik van Limborch, 1742; in a private collection
Pierre Lyonnet
Dutch naturalist and engraver

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