Georges Cuvier

Georges Cuvier

male, deceased (1832)
Baron Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert Cuvier was a French naturalist and zoologist. He was the elder brother of Frédéric Cuvier (1773–...

Frédéric Cuvier

male, deceased (1838)
Frédéric Cuvier was a French zoologist. He was the younger brother of Georges Cuvier. Frederic was the head keeper of the menagerie at the Mu...
Johann Jakob Heckel

Johann Jakob Heckel

male, deceased (1857)
Johann Jakob Heckel (January 23, 1790 - March 1, 1857) was an Austrian taxidermist, zoologist, and ichthyologist. Though not a formally trained...

Alexander Walker

male, deceased (1852)
Alexander Walker (1779-1852) was a Scottish physiologist, aesthetician, encyclopaedist, translator, novelist, and journalist. He was the founder...

José De La Luz Y Caballero

male
José Cipriano de la Luz y Caballero was a Cuban scholar, acclaimed by José Martí as "the father ... the silent layer of foundations" in Cuban int...
Georg Marcgrave

Georg Marcgrave

male, deceased (1648)
Georg Marcgrave (1610-1648). (Surname also found in some sources as "Markgraf".) German naturalist and astronomer. Born in Liebstadt, near Dresden,...
Jacques Amand Eudes-Deslongchamps

Jacques Amand Eudes-Deslongchamps

male, deceased (1867)
Jacques Amand Eudes-Deslongchamps, French naturalist and palaeontologist, was born at Caen in Normandy. His parents, though poor, contrived to give...
Rudolf Wagner

Rudolf Wagner

male, deceased (1864)
Rudolf Wagner, German anatomist and physiologist was born at Bayreuth, where his father was a professor in the gymnasium. He was the co-discoverer...

Anne-Catherine De Ligniville, Madame Helvétius

female, deceased (1800)
Anne-Catherine de Ligniville, Madame Helvétius, nicknamed "Minette", maintained a renowned salon in France in the 18th century. One of the t...