Frédéric Cuvier
Academic
1773 – 1838
Who was Frédéric Cuvier?
Georges-Frédéric Cuvier was a French zoologist. He was the younger brother of noted naturalist and zoologist Georges Cuvier.
Frederic was the head keeper of the menagerie at the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris from 1804 to 1838. He named the red panda in 1825. The chair of comparative physiology was created for him at the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle in 1837. He was elected as a foreign member of the Royal Society in 1835.
He is mentioned in Charles Darwin's On the Origin of Species as having worked on animal behaviour and instinct, especially the distinction between habit and instinct. He is also mentioned in Moby-Dick as having written on the topic of whales.
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- Born
- Jun 28, 1773
Montbéliard - Also known as
- Frederic Cuvier
- Siblings
- Nationality
- France
- Died
- Jul 24, 1838
Strasbourg
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on July 23, 2013
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