Orbigny, Alcide Dessalines d’

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Alcide Dessalines d’ Orbigny

1802-1857

Alcide Dessalines d’ Orbigny

(French: Alcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d’Orbigny)

(6 September 1802 − 30 June 1857)

French palaeontologist (1802-1857), who studied South American natural history and ethnology and became professor at the Paris natural history museum in 1853. His major works include Voyage dans l’Amérique méridionale and Paléontologie française. (BCW 2:538-539).

Some links:

• Quotes: Zirkoff, Boris
• CTD article in Russian: Орбиньи, Альсид Дессален д’
• Other resources: Russian BTS: card data

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