Cuvier, Baron Georges Léopold Chrétien FrédéricDagobert

Cu·vier (kyo͞oʹvē-ā', ko͞ov-yāʹ, kü-vyāʹ), Baron Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert. 1769-1832.

French naturalist who is considered the founder of comparative anatomy and vertebrate paleontology.

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