What is Alcide d'Orbigny?
{{Infobox scientist | name = Alcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d'Orbigny | image = Alcide Dessalines d'Orbigny 1802.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = | 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]] | residence = | nationality = French | fields = [[Natural history]] | work_institution = Muséum National d'Histoire Naturelle | alma_mater = | doctoral_advisor = | doctoral_students = | known_for = malacology, fossils, palaeontology | prizes = | botanical name = | footnotes = }} '''Alcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d'Orbigny''' (6 September 1802 – 30 June 1857) was a French [[Natural history|naturalist]] who helped in [[zoology]] (including [[malacology]]), [[palaeontology]], [[geology]], [[archaeology]] and [[anthropology]]. {{authority control}} {{bio-stub}} [[Category:1802 births]] [[Category:1857 deaths]] [[Category:19th-century French people]] [[Category:French naturalists]]