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BIOGRAPHICAL 



MEMOIK OF DAUBENTON. 



BY 



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BARON CUVIER. ITY 



LOUIS-JEAN-MARIE DAUBENTON, Member of the Senate 

 and of the Institute, Professor of Natural History to 

 the Museum and the College of France, Member of the 

 Academies and Scientific Societies of Berlin, Peters- 

 burg, London, Florence, Lausanne, Philadelphia, &c., 

 formerly Stipendiary Anatomist to the Academy of 

 Sciences, Curator and Demonstrator to the Cabinet of 

 Natural History, was born at Montbar, in the depart- 

 ment of Cote d'Or, on the 29th May, 1716, of Jean 

 Daubenton, notary in that place, and Marie Pichenot. 



He was distinguished from his infancy for the gentle- 

 ness of his manners ; and he obtained from the Jesuits 

 of Dijon, where he first studied, all those little distinc- 

 tions so flattering to youth, without being always the 

 presages of more lasting success. These he remembered 

 with pleasure to the close of his life, and always pre- 

 served the written testimonials. 



