Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
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Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire may refer to:
  • Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
    Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
    Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire was a French naturalist who established the principle of "unity of composition". He was a colleague of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and expanded and defended Lamarck's evolutionary theories...

     (1772-1844), French naturalist
  • Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
    Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
    Isidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire was a French zoologist and an authority on deviation from normal structure. He coined the term ethology.He was born in Paris, the son of Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire...

     (1805-1861), French zoologist who coined the term ethology, son of Étienne Saint-Hilaire
  • Albert Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1835-1919), French zoologist, coined the binomial nomenclature name for the Chinese Monal
    Chinese Monal
    The Chinese Monal, Lophophorus lhuysii, is one of the most brilliant of all pheasants. This monal is restricted to mountains of central China. The plumage is highly iridescent. The male has a large drooping purple crest, a metallic green head, blue bare skin around the eyes, a reddish gold mantle,...

    pheasant, son of Étienne Saint-Hilaire
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