Alcide d'Orbigny
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1802-09-06
- Died
- 1857-06-30
- Works
- 82
Top works
- List of the shells of Cuba in the collection of the British museum
- Voyage dans les deux Amériques
- List of the Shells of South America in the Collection of the British Museum
- Descripción geográfica, histórica y estadística de Bolivia
- Foraminife res fossiles du bassin tertiaire de Vienne(Autriche)..
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- Listeners
- 7
- Total plays
- 13
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Ephrin-B2 controls VEGF-induced angiogenesis and lymphangiogenesis
· 2010 · cited 1,205x
- A Self-Assembled Monolayer for the Binding and Study of Histidine-Tagged Proteins by Surface Plasmon Resonance
· 1996 · cited 447x
- Mutually exclusive interaction of the CCAAT-binding factor and of a displacement protein with overlapping sequences of a histone gene promoter
· 1987 · cited 283x
- Contact with a component of the polymerase II holoenzyme suffices for gene activation
· 1995 · cited 227x
- Prodrome de paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques & rayonnés : faisant suite au Cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphiques /
· 1850 · cited 223x
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Key facts
- Born
- 6 September 1802 ( 1802-09-06 ) , Couëron , France
- Died
- 30 June 1857 (1857-06-30) (aged 54), Pierrefitte-sur-Seine
- Known for
- malacology, fossils, palaeontology
- Fields
- Natural history
- Institutions
- Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle
- Thesis
- Recherches sur les Ammonites (1846)
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Key dates
- Born
- 6 September 1802
- Died
- 30 June 1857
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alcide
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Couëron
- Place of death
- Pierrefitte-sur-Seine
- Sibling
- Charles d'Orbigny
- Languages spoken
- French
Article
Alcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d'Orbigny ( French pronunciation: [alsid ʃaʁl viktɔʁ maʁi dɛsalin dɔʁbiɲi]; 6 September 1802 – 30 June 1857) was a French naturalist who made major contributions in many areas, including zoology (including malacology), palaeontology, geology, archaeology and anthropology.
D'Orbigny was born in Couëron (Loire-Atlantique), the son of a ship's physician and amateur naturalist. The family moved to La Rochelle in 1820, where his interest in natural history was developed while studying the marine fauna and especially the microscopic creatures that he named "foraminiferans".