Grand Officer of the Légion d'Honneur, Knight of the Empire
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Jean Léopold Frédéric Cuvier, known as Georges Cuvier, was born in Montbéliard (then part of the Duchy of Württemberg) on August 23, 1769, eight days after Napoléon Bonaparte.
After studying botany and zoology in his native town and then in Stuttgart, he became a tutor in Normandy, where he spent the years of the Revolution.
In 1795, he settled in Paris, where his teaching and publications, particularly in comparative anatomy and paleontology, soon made him one of the leading scientists of his day.
A succession of appointments and honors marked his career: Professor of Natural History at the Ecole Centrale du Panthéon, substitute for the Chair of Comparative Anatomy at the Muséum, Professor at the Collège de France, member of the Académie des Sciences in 1803, foreign member of the Royal Society in 1806, Chancellor of the University in 1808, then member of the Académie Française in 1818, Baron in 1829, Peer of France in 1831, member of the Conseil d'État and the Chancellery of Public Instruction, and many other distinctions around the world.
An exceptional worker and organizer with a phenomenal memory, he died of cholera in Paris on May 13, 1832.
Georges Cuvier is buried in the Père-Lachaise cemetery in Paris, division 8 .
"Georges Cuvier", by Marie Nicolas Ponce-Camus (Paris 1778 - Paris 1839).

In 1969, the French Postal Service released a 0.50 Franc stamp bearing the image of Georges Cuvier .
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"Georges Cuvier", by François André Vincent (Paris 1746 - Paris 1816).

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"Georges Cuvier", by Mathieu-Ignace Van Brée (Antwerp 1773 - Antwerp 1839).