Person Cuvier; Georges (1769 - 1832) Cuvier Georges Baron Cuvier Baron Cuvier 1769 - 1832 French Male Montbeliard, France 23 August 1769 Paris, France 13 May 1832

Zoology Palaeontology History of science Education: Stuttgart (studied for the ministry) Career: Tutor, Normandy (1788-1794); Assistant to the Professor of Comparative Anatomy, Jardin des Plantes (1795); Permanent Secretary, Academie des Sciences, Paris (1803); Chancellor, University of Paris (after the Restoration); member of Louis XVIII's cabinet; Grand Officer, Legion d'Honneur (1826); Peer of France (1831); Minister of the Interior (1832) From a Huguenot family; brother of Frederic Cuvier (For Mem RS 1835) Foreign Member 17/04/1806 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DSB Authority: AltName from The Times, 23 August 2001 Obituaries: Proc Roy Soc 1832-1833 No 11 pp 150-152 References: Martin Rudwick, 'Charles Lyell, FRS (1797-1875) and His London Lectures on Geology, 1832-33' in NR 1974-5 vol 29 pp 231-263 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 23 Aug 1769 - 13 May 1832 NA8191 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/4981028 9f253c51-0b69-48d6-bf1e-e8f8329a229e