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[Audubon's works are] the most splendid monuments which art has erected in honor of ornithology.

Genius and science have burst the limits of space, and few observations, explained by just reasoning...

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Georges Cuvier

Naturalist

Born: 1769-08-23

Died: 1832-05-13

Baron Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert Cuvier (August 23, 1769 – May 13, 1832) was a French naturalist and zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology". Cuvier was a major figure in natural sciences research in the early 19th century and was instrumental in establishing the fields of comparative anatomy and paleontology through his work in comparing living animals with fossils.More