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PICTET DE LA RIVE, FRANCOIS JULES (18091872) , Swiss zoologist and palaeontologist, was born in Geneva on the 27th of September 1809. He graduated B. es Sc. at Geneva in 1829, and pursued his studies for a short time at Paris, where under the influence of Cuvier, de Blainville and others, he worked at natural history and comparative anatomy. On his return to Geneva in 1830 he assisted A. P. de Candolle by giving demonstrations in comparative anatomy. Five years later, when de Candolle retired, Pictet was appointed professor of zoology and comparative anatomy. In 1846 his duties were restricted to certain branches of zoology , including geology and palaeontology, and these he continued to teach until 1859, when he retired to devote his energies to the museum of natural history and to special
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series of quarto memoirs, of which six were published (1854-1873). In this work Pictet was aided by E Renevier
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