Georges Louis Duvernoy
Georges Louis Duvernoy (6 August 1777,
zoologist. He assisted Georges Cuvier in writing Leçons d'anatomie comparée. He was elected a member of the French Academy of Sciences in 1847 and a foreign member of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences
in 1851.
He studied in
circulation
, digestive organs, et al.
In 1805 he returned to Montbéliard, where he worked as a practitioner of medicine. In 1827 he was elected professor to the Faculty of Sciences at Strasbourg, and during the next ten years published a number of treatises on anatomical subjects. After the death of Cuvier in 1832, he worked at arranging his papers for publication. In 1837 he became a professor of natural history at the Collège de France.
Written works
- Dissertation sur l'hystérie, 1801
- Notice historique sur les ouvrages et la vie de M. Le B'on Cuvier, 1833
- Leçons sur l'histoire naturelle des corps organisés, professées au Collège de France, 1839
- Résumé sur le fluide nourricier, ses réservoirs et son mouvement, dans tout le règne animal, 1839
- Notice sur les publications d'anatomie comparée, de physiologie, 1844
- Fragments sur les organes génito-urinaires des reptiles et leurs produits, 1848
- Mémoire sur le système nerveux des mollusques acéphales bivalves, 1853
References
- The new American cyclopaedia: Volume 6. edited by George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana (biography)
- World Cat Identities list of publications
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