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Also Known As François-Louis-Paul Gervais
Born September 26, 1816 • Paris • France
Died February 10, 1879 (aged 62) • Paris • France
Georges Cuvier
Georges Cuvier
French zoologist
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Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
French naturalist
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Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède
French naturalist and politician
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Yves Delage
French zoologist
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Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
French zoologist
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Félix Dujardin
French biologist
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René Jeannel
French biologist
Réaumur, detail of an engraving by J. Blanchon
René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur
French entomologist
Latreille, detail of an engraving after a portrait, 1823
Pierre-André Latreille
French zoologist
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Charles-Lucien Bonaparte, prince di Canino e di Musignano
French scientist
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Guillaume Rondelet
French naturalist
Marble bust of Aristotle with a beard and draped robe, showing detailed facial features and wavy hair, set against a dark background.
Aristotle
Greek philosopher
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
Louis Agassiz
Louis Agassiz
Swiss-born American naturalist, geologist, and teacher
E.O. Wilson
E.O. Wilson
American biologist
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Thomas Hunt Morgan
American biologist
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Lancelot Thomas Hogben
English scientist
Roger Arliner Young
Roger Arliner Young
American zoologist and social activist
James D. Dana
James D. Dana
American geologist and mineralogist
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Johannes Müller
German physiologist

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