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Achille Valenciennes (August 9, 1794 - April 13, 1865) was a French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 zoologist.

Valenciennes was born in Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
, and studied under Georges Cuvier
Georges Cuvier

Baron Georges L?opold Chr?tien Fr?d?ric Dagobert Cuvier was a France natural history and zoology. He was the elder brother of Fr?d?ric Cuvier , also a naturalist....
. Valenciennes' study of parasitic worms in humans made an important contribution to the study of parasitology
Parasitology

Parasitology is the study of parasites, their host s, and the relationship between them. As a List of biology disciplines, the scope of parasitology is not determined by the organism or environment in question, but by their way of life....
. Valenciennes also carried out diverse systematic classifications, linking fossil and current species.






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Achille Valenciennes (August 9, 1794 - April 13, 1865) was a French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 zoologist.

Valenciennes was born in Paris
Paris

Paris is the Capital of France and the country's largest city. It is situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the ?le-de-France Regions of France ....
, and studied under Georges Cuvier
Georges Cuvier

Baron Georges L?opold Chr?tien Fr?d?ric Dagobert Cuvier was a France natural history and zoology. He was the elder brother of Fr?d?ric Cuvier , also a naturalist....
. Valenciennes' study of parasitic worms in humans made an important contribution to the study of parasitology
Parasitology

Parasitology is the study of parasites, their host s, and the relationship between them. As a List of biology disciplines, the scope of parasitology is not determined by the organism or environment in question, but by their way of life....
. Valenciennes also carried out diverse systematic classifications, linking fossil and current species. He worked with Cuvier on the 22-volume Histoire naturelle des poissons (Natural History of Fish) (1828-1848), carrying on alone after Cuvier died in 1832.