Papers, ca. 1811-1844.

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Papers, ca. 1811-1844.

This collection consists of lectures, notes, and letters, focusing on natural history and zoology, and more specifically on anatomy, animal fossils, birds, Egypt, evolution, human monstrosities. There are letters to Emmanuel Ballion, Jean Baptiste Cécille, and Georges Cuvier.

ca. 80 items.

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Cuvier, Georges, baron, 1769-1832

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Georges Cuvier (1769-1832) was a French zoologist, paleontologist and historian of science. A committed empiricist, Cuvier opposed theories, arguing that scientists should limit themselves to describing. In zoology his work depended upon his dominant position at the Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle, which was the largest scientific research institution of the era. French government expeditions brought specimens from distant lands to build its collections. Upon his arrival at the Museum Cuvier rearran...

Geoffroy-Saint-Hilaire, Étienne, 1772-1844

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French naturalist. From the description of Birth defects : two case histories, 1825. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122553012 French zoologist Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire taught at the Muséum d'histoire naturelle in Paris. From the guide to the Lectures, n.d., on the natural history of Egypt, n.d., (American Philosophical Society) From the guide to the Notes, 1825-1829, on natural history, 1825-1829, (American Philosophical Society) Geoffroy Saint-Hi...

Ballion, Emmanuel.

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Cécille, Jean Baptiste.

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