Georges Pouchet

Georges Pouchet

Charles Henri Georges Pouchet(26 February 1833 – 29 March 1894) was a Frenchnaturalistandanatomist.

Life

He was born inRouen,the son of naturalistFélix Archimède Pouchet(1800–1872). In 1865 he became chief of anatomical work at theMuséum national d'histoire naturelleinParis,and was later co-director of the maritime laboratory atConcarneau.From 1879 to 1894 he was professor ofcomparative anatomyat the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. In 1892 he was part of an early scientific polar expedition toSvalbardandJan Mayen.

Works

Pouchet made contributions in several scientific fields, and specialised in comparative anatomy of fishes and whales. He was a prime advocate ofpolygenism,and was the author of ananthropologicalwork titledDe la Pluralité des races humaines(1858), which was translated into English asThe Plurality of the Human Racein 1864 by the Anthropological Society.

Selected writings

• De la Pluralité des races humaines,1858
• Journal de l’anatomie et de la physiologie(Journal of anatomy andphysiology), withCharles-Philippe Robin(1821–1885), 1878
• Mémoire sur le grand fourmilier(Discourse on thegiant anteater), 1874
• Precis d'histologie humaine et d'histogénie(Treatise ofhistologyand humanhistogeny), with Frédéric Tourneux (1851–1922), 1878
• La Biologie aristotélique(Aristotleanbiology), 1885
• Rapport sur le laboratoire de Concarneau(Report on the laboratory at Concarneau), 1888
• Traité d'ostéologie comparée(Treatise of comparativeosteology), with H. Beauregard, 1889.

References

• New York Times, Obituary of Georges Pouchet
• "Monogenists".Encyclopædia Britannica.Vol. 18 (11th ed.). 1911. pp. 730–731.