Georges Cuvier

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:Caroline_Academy_of_Stuttgart
gptkbp:author gptkb:Le_Règne_Animal
gptkb:Recherches_sur_les_ossements_fossiles
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:Legion_of_Honour
gptkbp:birthDate 1769-08-23
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Montbéliard
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Père_Lachaise_Cemetery
gptkbp:causeOfDeath cholera
gptkbp:deathDate 1832-05-13
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Paris
gptkbp:eponymOf gptkb:Cuvier's_beaked_whale
gptkb:Cuvier's_dwarf_caiman
gptkb:Cuvier's_gazelle
gptkb:Cuvier's_smooth-fronted_caiman
gptkb:Cuvier's_spiny_rat
gptkb:Cuvier's_swordfish
gptkb:Cuvier's_toucan
gptkb:Cuvier_Island
gptkbp:field natural history
paleontology
zoology
gptkbp:honorificPrefix gptkb:Baronet
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Georges Cuvier
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Louis_Agassiz
gptkb:Richard_Owen
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Carl_Linnaeus
gptkb:Buffon
gptkbp:knownFor comparative anatomy
catastrophism
founding paleontology
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Académie_française
gptkb:French_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:French
gptkbp:notableStudent gptkb:Achille_Valenciennes
gptkb:Henri_Marie_Ducrotay_de_Blainville
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:archaeologist
gptkb:naturalist
biologist
gptkbp:positionHeld perpetual secretary of the French Academy of Sciences
professor at Collège de France
professor at Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Protestantism
gptkbp:signature Georges Cuvier portrait.jpg
Georges Cuvier signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Madame_Duvaucel
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Académie_des_sciences
gptkb:Louis_Agassiz
gptkb:Richard_Owen
gptkb:University_of_Paris
gptkb:fish
gptkb:mountain
gptkbp:bfsLayer 4