Georges Cuvier

Royal Academy (rear)

London

According to John van Wyhe's introduction to George Cuvier, he "was one of the most influential figures in science during the early nineteenth century. A self-appointed referee of proper science from his stronghold in the elite Académie des Sciences, Cuvier was as successful in creating his own image as a great man of science as he was in the many areas of science he studied. . . . Some of Cuvier's most influential followers were Louis Agassiz on the continent and in America, and Richard Owen in Britain."

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