Alcide d'Orbigny
French naturalist
Alcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d'Orbigny (French pronunciation: [alsid ʃaʁl viktɔʁ maʁi dɛsalin dɔʁbiɲi]; 6 September 1802 – 30 June 1857) was a French naturalist who made major contributions in many areas, including zoology (including malacology), palaeontology, geology, archaeology and anthropology.2
From Wikipedia’s article on Alcide d'Orbigny (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
Born Sep 6, 1802, died Jun 30, 1857.1
About
D'Orbigny was born in Couëron (Loire-Atlantique), the son of a ship's physician and amateur naturalist. The family moved to La Rochelle in 1820, where his interest in natural history was developed while studying the marine fauna and especially the microscopic creatures that he named "foraminiferans".
In Paris he became a disciple of the geologist Pierre Louis Antoine Cordier (1777–1861) and Georges Cuvier. All his life, he would follow the theory of Cuvier and stay opposed to Lamarckism.
From Wikipedia’s article on Alcide d'Orbigny, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.2
Companies
Career
Occupation: scientific collector, entomologist, zoologist, ornithologist, paleontologist, archaeologist, naturalist, botanical collector.6
- 1853 to 1857Professor4
- 1843President of the Geological Society of France4
- Date not recordedWorked at Muséum national d'histoire naturelle3
- Date not recordedChair, Société géologique de France5
Personal life
Awards
- 1835Grande Médaille d'Or des Explorations10
Links
Sources
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- 1WikidataAlcide d'Orbigny on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaAlcide d'Orbigny on Wikipedia
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- 12Wikimedia CommonsAlcide d'Orbigny photo by unknown, Public domain