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Georges Cuvier

Born on August 23, 1769

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Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, baron Cuvier (23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier (French:), was a French naturalist and zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology".

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