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A family scene from The Life and Correspondence of William Buckland, D. D., F. R. S. by Elizabeth Oke Gordon, 1894.
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Cuvier Day
Turtle juveniles.
Cuvier had a younger brother named Frederic, who was also a naturalist. He was mentioned by Darwin as having determined many facts regarding differentiating habit and instinct. Frederic wrote a Natural History book with Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, with whom his older brother had significant ideological differences. Still, all three men recognized each other as respectable and important natural history writers.
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Cuvier Day
Classes of fungi. [Not a Cuvier illustration, but in a book on his works]
Cuvier had four children. His first son died a few weeks after birth. His third child, Annie, died in 1812, at age 4. His second child, Georges, died in 1813, at age 7. His only remaining child, Clementine, died in 1828 of consumption, just a month after her wedding was to have taken place.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lq1ismFfJV1qk931ho1_500.jpg)
Cuvier Day
Classes of fungi. [Not a Cuvier illustration, but in a book on his works]
Cuvier had four children. His first son died a few weeks after birth. His third child, Annie, died in 1812, at age 4. His second child, Georges, died in 1813, at age 7. His only remaining child, Clementine, died in 1828 of consumption, just a month after her wedding was to have taken place.
