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The Philosophy of Zoology Before Darwin: A translated and annotated version of the original French text by Edmond Perrier,Used
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Jean Octave Edmond Perrier was a French zoologist who lived through the tumult of British Darwinism and Lyellism, and reminds us in this revealing account that French scientists had much to contribute to such perennial topics as evolution, catastrophism and creationism. While very much a product of the Third Republic, Perriers account also aimed to outline timeless issues and permanent advances in taxonomic and developmental biology since classical Greece and Rome. In this aim he succeeds with surprisingly modern perspectives for a book first published in 1884. Perrier was born May 9, 1844 at Tulle, the son of the principal of a school which now bears his name, Lyce Edmond Perrier. In 1864 he was accepted to the cole Normale Suprieure, where he was strongly influenced by Louis Pasteur and Henri de LacazeDuthiers. After working for three years at a high school in Agen, he obtained a post of naturalistaid at the Musum National d'Histoire Naturelle (1868), advancing in that institution to Chair of Natural History of Molluscs, Worms and Corals (18761903) and then Director of the museum (19001919) and Chair of Comparative Anatomy (19031921). Previous directors of the museum included many of the scientists he discusses in this book: George Cuvier (18221823, 18261827, 18301831), Isidore Geoffrey St Hilaire (1860 1861), and Alphonse MilneEdwards (18911900). Perriers own research on echinoderms and earthworms took him on several expeditions in 18801885, mostly to Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts, but also to the Caribbean.
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