Frédéric Cuvier
1773–1838
French naturalist. Younger brother of Georges Cuvier. Head keeper of the menagerie at the Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle, 1804–38. The chair of comparative physiology was created for him at the Muséum in 1837. Foreign member, Royal Society of London, 1835.
Sources
DBF
DSB.
Bibliography
DBF: Dictionnaire de biographie Française. Under the direction of J. Balteau et al. 21 vols. and 4 fascicules of vol. 22 (A–Leyris d’Esponchès) to date. Paris: Librairie Letouzey & Ané. 1933–.
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
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