See also:

• HENRI

HENRI See also:

• MARIE

MARIE DUCROTAY DE See also:

• BLAINVILLE
• HENRI MARIE DUCROTAY DE BLAINVILLE (1777–1850)

BLAINVILLE (1777–1850)  , See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

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
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

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
• BARON (1835-1895)
• BARON, MICHEL (1653—1729)

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
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

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
• ANATOMY (Gr. avaroyil, from ava-silo c', to cut up)

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 See also:

• BLAINVILLE
• BLAINVILLE, HENRI MARIE DUCROTAY DE (1777–1850)

Blainville was admitted a member of the See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

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
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

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, EUGENE (1823–1901)
• MANUEL, JACQUES ANTOINE (1775-1827)
• MANUEL, LOUIS PIERRE (1751-1793)

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

• DES

des sciences de l'organisme (1845) .