Cuvier had even in his address & manner the character of a superior Man, much general power & eloquence in conversation & great variety of information on scientific as well as popular subjects. I should say of him that he is the most distinguished man of talents I have ever known on the continent: but I doubt if He be entitled to the appellation of a Man of Genius.

The Collected Works of Sir Humphry Davy, Bart....: Memoirs of the life of Sir Humphry Davy, by his brother, John Davy (ed. 1839)