Quote of the day
Bring me men to match my mountains,
Bring me men to match my plains,
Men with empires in their purpose,
And new eras in their brains.
Georges Cuvier
Born: August 23, 1769
Died: May 13, 1832 (aged 62)
Bio: Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric Cuvier, known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "Father of paleontology".
Known for:
- Le Règne Animal (1817)
- Essay on the theory of the earth