Quote of the day
There are no countries in the world less known by the British than these selfsame British Islands, or where more strange things are every day occurring.
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