Quo Fuit places 7 dated presences for Georges Cuvier across 7 places, from 1792 to 1808.
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Jean Léopold Nicolas Frédéric, baron Cuvier (23 August 1769 – 13 May 1832), known as Georges Cuvier, was a French naturalist and zoologist, sometimes referred to as the "founding father of paleontology".Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Georges Cuvier was documented, and when
1792year
Normandyattested“Cuvier began his intensive studies of molluscs during his time in Normandy – the first time he had ever seen the sea – and his papers on the so-called Mollusca began appearing as early as 1792.”source: Wikipedia: Georges Cuvier
1796year
Paraguayattested“In his second paper in 1796, he described and analyzed a large skeleton found in Paraguay, which he would name Megatherium.”source: Wikipedia: Georges Cuvier
1798year
Parisattested“In a 1798 paper on the fossil remains of an animal found in some plaster quarries near Paris, Cuvier states what is known as the principle of the correlation of parts.”source: Wikipedia: Georges Cuvier
1799year
Collège de Franceattested“In 1799, he succeeded Daubenton as professor of natural history in the Collège de France.”source: Wikipedia: Georges Cuvier
1799year
Collattested“In 1799, he succeeded Daubenton as professor of natural history in the Collège de France.”source: Wikipedia: Georges Cuvier
1802year
Jardin des Plantesattested“In 1802, he became titular professor at the Jardin des Plantes; and in the same year, he was appointed commissary of the institute to accompany the inspectors general of public instruction.”source: Wikipedia: Georges Cuvier
1808year
Maastrichtattested“In 1808 Cuvier identified a fossil found in Maastricht as a giant marine lizard, the first known mosasaur.”source: Wikipedia: Georges Cuvier
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July 1788month
Normandymentioned“So in July 1788, he took a job at Fiquainville chateau in Normandy as tutor to the only son of the Comte d'Héricy, a Protestant noble.”source: Wikipedia: Georges Cuvier
10 October 1793exact date
Francementioned“At the time, the town, which would be annexed to France on 10 October 1793, belonged to the Sovereign County of Montbéliard (in personal union with the Duchy of Württemberg).”source: Wikipedia: Georges Cuvier
1795year
Jardin des Plantesmentioned“Arriving in the spring of 1795, at the age of 26, he soon became the assistant of Jean-Claude Mertrud (1728–1802), who had been appointed to the chair of Animal Anatomy at the Jardin des Plantes.”source: Wikipedia: Georges Cuvier
1802 to 1817period
Parismentioned“However, most of his memoirs on this branch were published in the Annales du museum between 1802 and 1815; they were subsequently collected as Mémoires pour servir à l'histoire et à l'anatomie des mollusques, published in one volume at P…”source: Wikipedia: Georges Cuvier
1803year
Parismentioned“In this latter capacity, he visited the south of France, but in the early part of 1803, he was chosen permanent secretary of the department of physical sciences of the Academy, and he consequently abandoned the earlier appointment and re…”source: Wikipedia: Georges Cuvier
1808 to 1813period
Francementioned“Thus, in 1808 he was placed by Napoleon upon the council of the Imperial University, and in this capacity he presided (in the years 1809, 1811, and 1813) over commissions charged to examine the state of the higher educational establishme…”source: Wikipedia: Georges Cuvier
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