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Georges Pouchet

ARISTOTELIAN BIOLOGY

Félix Alcan 1885 – In-8°, paperback, cover, 141 pages.

. Charles Henri Georges Pouchet (February 26, 1833 in Rouen – Mars 29, 1894), son of the naturalist Félix Archimède Pouchet (1800-1872), was a French naturalist and anatomist. He was professor of comparative anatomy at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, and director of the maritime laboratory of Concarneau. He was a friend of Flaubert, Guy de Maupassant and Céard and had some contacts with Zola. He specializes in the comparative anatomy of fish and cetaceans. He is an early advocate of polygenism, a racialist theory which assumes that humanity is composed of several different lineages or races of humans. In 1858, he published Pluralité des Races Humaines which was translated into English in 1864. In 1856, he participated in a scientific exploration to try to find the sources of the Nile. In 1892, he took part in a polar expedition from Svalbard and Jan Mayen. Guy de Maupassant dedicated the short story La Mère sauvage to her in 1884.

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. Charles Henri Georges Pouchet (February 26, 1833 in Rouen – Mars 29, 1894), son of the naturalist Félix Archimède Pouchet (1800-1872), was a French naturalist and anatomist. He was professor of comparative anatomy at the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, and director of the maritime laboratory of Concarneau. He was a friend of Flaubert, Guy de Maupassant and Céard and had some contacts with Zola. He specializes in the comparative anatomy of fish and cetaceans. He is an early advocate of polygenism, a racialist theory which assumes that humanity is composed of several different lineages or races of humans. In 1858, he published Pluralité des Races Humaines which was translated into English in 1864. In 1856, he participated in a scientific exploration to try to find the sources