Editing Alcide d'Orbigny (section)

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{{short description|French naturalist}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Alcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d'Orbigny
| image = Alcide Dessalines d'Orbigny 1802.jpg
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| birth_date = {{birth-date|6 September 1802}}
| birth_place = [[Couëron]], France
| death_date = {{death-date and age|30 June 1857|6 September 1802}}
| death_place = [[Pierrefitte-sur-Seine]]
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| nationality = French
| fields = [[Natural history]]
| work_institution = [[Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle]]
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| known_for  = malacology, fossils, palaeontology
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'''Alcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d'Orbigny''' (6 September 1802 – 30 June 1857) was a French [[Natural history|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 "[[foraminifera]]ns".

In Paris he became a disciple of the geologist [[Louis Cordier|Pierre Louis Antoine Cordier]] (1777–1861) and [[Georges Cuvier]]. All his life, he would follow the theory of Cuvier and stay opposed to [[Lamarckism]].