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BLAINVILLE, See also:
HENRI
HENRI See also:
MARIE
MARIE DUCROTAY DE (1777–1850) , See also:

French naturalist, was See also:

BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Arques, near See also:

DIEPPE

Dieppe, on the 12th of See also:

SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1777. About 1796 he went to See also:

Paris to study See also:

PAINTING

painting, but he ultimately devoted himself to natural See also:

HISTORY

history, and attracted the See also:

ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention of See also:

Baron See also:

CUVIER, GEORGES LEOPOLD CHRETIEN FREDERIC DAGOBERT, BARON (1769-1832)

Cuvier, for whom he occasionally lectured at the See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

College de See also:

France and at the IV. 2BLAIR, F. P. 33 See also:

ATHENAEUM

Athenaeum. In 1812 he was aided by Cuvier to obtain the chait of See also:

anatomy and See also:

ZOOLOGY (from Gr. Nov, a living thing, and ?byos, theory)

zoology in the See also:

FACULTY (through the French, from the Lat. facultas, ability to do anything, from facilis, easy, facere, to do; another form of the word in Lat. facilitas, facility, ease, keeps the original meaning)

Faculty of Sciences at Paris, but subsequently an estrangement See also:

GREW, NEHEMIAH (1641-1712)

grew up between the two men and ended in open enmity. In 1825 Blainville was admitted a member of the See also:

Academy of Sciences; and in 183o he was appointed to succeed J. B. See also:

LAMARCK,

Lamarck in the See also:

CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair of natural history at the museum. Two years later, on the See also:

DEATH

death of Cuvier, he obtained the chair of See also:

COMPARATIVE

comparative anatomy, which he continued to occupy for the space of eighteen years, proving him-self no unworthy successor to his See also:

GREAT

great teacher. He died at Paris on the 1st of May 185o. Besides many See also:

SEPARATE

separate See also:

MEMOIRS

memoirs, he was the author of Prodrome d'une nouvelle See also:

DISTRIBUTION (Lat. distribuere, to deal out)

distribution methodique du regne See also:

animal (1816); Osteographie ou description iconographique comparee du squeletle, &c.

(1839–1864); Faune frantaise (1821–183o) ; Cours de physiologie generate et comparge (1833); See also:

Manuel de malacologie et de conchyliologie (1825–1827); Histoire See also:

DES

des sciences de l'organisme (1845).

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