Georges Cuvier

Georges Cuvier

Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, Baron Cuvier (23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier (French: [ʒɔʁʒ kyvje]), was a French naturalist and zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology". Cuvier was a major figure in natural sciences research in the early 19th century and was instrumental in establishing the fields of comparative anatomy and paleontology through his work in comparing living animals with fossils. Cuvier's work is considered the foundation of vertebrate paleontology, and he expanded Linnaean taxonomy by grouping classes into phyla and incorporating both fossils and living species into the classification. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Georges Cuvier has received more than 1,158,812 page views. His biography is available in 66 different languages on Wikipedia (down from 67 in 2019). Georges Cuvier is the 17th most popular biologist (down from 15th in 2019), the 256th most popular biography from France (down from 233rd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular French Biologist.

Georges Cuvier was a French biologist and zoologist. He is most famous for his work in comparative anatomy and paleontology. He is credited with being the father of comparative anatomy.