Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
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1772 – 1844
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Who was Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire?
Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire was a French naturalist who established the principle of "unity of composition". He was a colleague of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and expanded and defended Lamarck's evolutionary theories. Geoffroy's scientific views had a transcendental flavor and were similar to those of German morphologists like Lorenz Oken. He believed in the underlying unity of organismal design, and the possibility of the transmutation of species in time, amassing evidence for his claims through research in comparative anatomy, paleontology, and embryology.
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- Born
- Apr 15, 1772
Étampes - Also known as
- Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
- Nationality
- France
- Died
- Jun 19, 1844
Paris
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on July 23, 2013