Georges Cuvier ( 1769 - 1832 )

Birth: Montbeliard, France (23 August 1769) Death: Paris, France (13 May 1832) Research Field: 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) Membership: Foreign Member Election Date: 17/04/1806.