Georges Cuvier

GPTKB entity

Properties (62)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf anatomist
paleontologist
gptkbp:academicAdvisor gptkb:Georges-Louis_Leclerc,_Comte_de_Buffon
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Royal_Society
gptkb:Académie_des_sciences
gptkb:Muséum_national_d'histoire_naturelle
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Copley_Medal
gptkbp:born August 23, 1769
gptkbp:children gptkb:Paul_Cuvier
gptkb:Georges_Cuvier,_Jr.
Marie_Cuvier
gptkbp:contribution classification of animals
development of paleontology as a science
establishment of extinction as a fact
gptkbp:died May 13, 1832
gptkbp:field geology
natural history
zoology
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Georges Cuvier
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Gregory_Paul
gptkb:Louis_Agassiz
gptkb:Charles_Lyell
gptkb:David_Attenborough
gptkb:Richard_Dawkins
gptkb:Jack_Horner
gptkb:Carl_D._Sagan
gptkb:Thomas_Holtz
gptkb:Thomas_Jefferson
gptkb:Michael_J._Benton
gptkb:Ernst_Haeckel
gptkb:Peter_Ward
gptkb:Richard_Owen
gptkb:William_Buckland
gptkb:Alfred_Russel_Wallace
gptkb:Richard_Fortey
gptkb:Paul_Sereno
gptkb:Niles_Eldredge
gptkb:David_Polly
gptkb:Stephen_Jay_Gould
gptkb:Mark_P._Witton
gptkb:Darren_Naish
gptkb:Simon_Conway_Morris
gptkb:Mark_Witton
gptkb:David_Marjanovic
gptkb:Henry_Fairfield_Osborn
gptkb:Neil_Shubin
gptkb:Michael_Benton
Robert Bakker
Brian Switek
Luis Chiappe
Darwinian_evolution
gptkbp:influencedBy Buffon
gptkbp:knownFor comparative anatomy
paleontology
theory of catastrophism
gptkbp:nationality French
gptkbp:notableWork Le Règne Animal
Discours sur les révolutions de la surface du globe
Recherches sur les ossements fossiles
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Paris
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Sophie_Cuvier