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Cuvier, Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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.

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Entry for 'Cuvier, Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​c/cuvier-georges-leopold-chretien-frederic-dagobert.html. 1910.