Georges Cuvier

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Georges_Cuvier

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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