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Frédéric Cuvier

1773 - 1838

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Georges-Frédéric Cuvier (28 June 1773 – 24 July 1838) was a French zoologist and paleontologist. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Frédéric Cuvier has received more than 111,575 page views. His biography is available in 26 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2019). Frédéric Cuvier is the 425th most popular biologist (up from 551st in 2019), the 3,188th most popular biography from France (up from 3,684th in 2019) and the 54th most popular French Biologist.

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  • 110k

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  • 52.85

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 26

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.84

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Frédéric Cuvier ranks 425 out of 1,097. Before him are Pehr Kalm, William Speirs Bruce, Heinrich Wilhelm Schott, Lucien Quélet, Juan Ignacio Molina, and Prince Maximilian of Wied-Neuwied. After him are Carl Alexander Clerck, Alain Bombard, Georg von Langsdorff, Göran Wahlenberg, Henrik Steffens, and Jacob Georg Agardh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1773, Frédéric Cuvier ranks 33. Before him are Prince Louis Charles of Prussia, Jakob Friedrich Fries, Josef Jungmann, Yuri Lisyansky, Duchess Therese of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, and Sally Hemings. After him are William Amherst, 1st Earl Amherst, Henrik Steffens, Joseph de Villèle, Lodewijk van Heiden, Arthur Aikin, and Jacob Aall. Among people deceased in 1838, Frédéric Cuvier ranks 21. Before him are René Caillié, Anselme Gaëtan Desmarest, Heinrich Marx, José Bonifácio de Andrada, Black Hawk, and Joseph Lancaster. After him are Charles Percier, Kaspar Maria von Sternberg, Ferenc Kölcsey, Georges Mouton, William Clark, and Maximilian von Montgelas.

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In France

Among people born in France, Frédéric Cuvier ranks 3,188 out of 6,770. Before him are Aimeric de Peguilhan (1200), Bernard Morel (1925), Marc Ferro (1924), Adolphe Pégoud (1889), Jean Guillou (1930), and J. F. Oberlin (1740). After him are Samir Nasri (1987), Peter Julian Eymard (1811), Jean-Joseph, Marquis Dessolles (1767), Charles Blanc (1813), Jacques Marquette (1637), and Suzanne Flon (1918).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In France

Among biologists born in France, Frédéric Cuvier ranks 54. Before him are René Lesson (1794), Félix Vicq-d'Azyr (1748), Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot (1748), Adrien-Henri de Jussieu (1797), Guillaume Rondelet (1507), and Lucien Quélet (1832). After him are Alain Bombard (1924), Amédée Louis Michel le Peletier, comte de Saint-Fargeau (1770), Alfred Grandidier (1836), Gabriel Bibron (1805), Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton (1716), and André Marie Constant Duméril (1774).

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