Cuvier, Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert
Cuvier, Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert
Geologist . Born 1769; died 1832. Did extensive research on the structure and classification of mollusca, fossilized mammals, and fishes. Wrote a noted treatise on extinct Cenozoic mammals of the Eocene beds of Montmartre, and is considered the founder of the branch of Paleontology treating of mammals.