ALBERT GAUDRY AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE 
ANIMAL KINGDOM. 
By PH. GLANGEAUD, 
Professor of Geology in the University of Clermont-Ferrand. 
(Translated by permission from Revue générale des Sciences pures et appli- 
quées, Paris, 20th year, No. 6, March 30, 1909. 
French science has recently lost one of its most illustrious repre- 
sentatives, Albert Gaudry. My cherished and venerated master, who 
has departed at the age of 81 years, leaves behind him universal and 
profound regrets, not alone in the learned world, but among all those 
who had met him and known him, and even among those (and they 
are legion) who have read his works—works inspired by the loftiest 
ideals. 
The scholar who devoted sixty years of his life to science, in an ex- 
clusive manner, leaves behind him a shining track which brightly 
illuminates the history of the faunas which have succeeded one an- 
other on our planet for about fifty million years. 
Gaudry occupied himself during his whole life in seeking the laws 
which presided over the destiny of those vanished faunas, and en- 
deavored, with success, to unite the various links of this captivating 
history. In doing this he became truly the creator of a new science 
historical or philosophical paleontology. 
I desire to set forth briefly in this place the characteristics of this 
fruitful work of Gaudry. But I ask permission to say a few words 
regarding the man before I occupy myself with the scholar. 
He was the embodiment of kindliness and benevolence. These two 
qualities were native to him. All those who approached him, whether 
Frenchmen or foreigners, were won by his charming urbanity and 
courtesy. A rather thin voice gave a softness to his speech. If one 
adds great nobility of sentiment and integrity of character, which 
never wavered, one can comprehend the sympathy that his name 
everywhere evoked. 
In order to comprehend the importance of Gaudry’s work, it is 
necessary to go back more than a century, and to recall the different 
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