appendix. 5g3 



He prepared the greater part of the skeletons in the cabinet of com- 

 parative anatomy. 



Keeper of the galleries of comparative anatomy . — M. Laurillard (Charles 

 Leopold), born at Montbeliard in 1784 ; named in March 1812. 



He has assisted M. Cuvier in his researches and furnished a great 

 number of zoological and anatomical drawings, several of which are 

 engraved in the works we have just cited. 



GEOEOGY. 



Professor. — M. Cordier (Peter Lewis Anthony), born at Abbeville 

 in 1777; inspector at the royal college of mines, named professor 

 in 1819. 



Memoirs on volcanic productions, 1 vol. 4% Paris, i8i5; Memoirs 

 on the coal-mines of France, 1 vol. 8°, i8i5; memoirs in the Journal do 

 physique, in the Journal des mines, in the Annals of natural philosophy 

 and chymistry, in the Description of Egypt, and in the Annals of 

 the Museum. 



Assistant. — M. Regley (Francis Theophilus Marie), born at Paris in 

 1777; named to the Museum in 1812. 



DRAWING MASTERS. 



For plants.— Redoute (Peter Joseph), bora at Saint-Hubert (Ar- 

 dennes) in 1759; named to the chair in 1823. He has been attached 

 to the Museum ever since the new organization. 



The beautiful engravings of plants accompanying the works of 

 1'Heritier and Ventenat were executed after the designs of this artist ; 

 he has contributed much to the perfection of coloured engravings, 

 and has himself published some considerable works of botanical ico- 

 nography. Lilies, 8 vol. fol. ; Plants of the family of Cacti, 2 vol. fol.; 

 Roses, 3 vol. fol. and 4° ; more than 4oo of his drawings on vellum are 

 found in the Museum. 



For animals. — M. Huet (Nicholas), born at Paris in 1770 ; attached to 

 the Museum in 1804, named to the chair of iconography jointly with 

 M. Redoute. 



Besides the branch with which he was specially charged (the draw- 

 ing of worms, insects and shells), he has furnished figures of qua- 

 drupeds and birds, and has executed a great number of anatomical 

 drawings for MM. Geoffroy and Cuvier. 



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