ST. GEORGE JACKSON MIVART
\sənt d͡ʒˈɔːd͡ʒ d͡ʒˈaksən mˈɪvɑːt], \sənt dʒˈɔːdʒ dʒˈaksən mˈɪvɑːt], \s_ə_n_t dʒ_ˈɔː_dʒ dʒ_ˈa_k_s_ə_n m_ˈɪ_v_ɑː_t]\
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An English naturalist; born in London, Nov. 30, 1827; died there, April 1, 1900. He was professor of biology in University College, 1874-77; was professor of the philosophy of natural history at the University of Louvain, Belgium, after 1890. Among his chief works are: "Genesis of Species" (1870-71); "Man and Apes" (1873); "Contemporary Evolution" (1876); "Origin of Human Reason" (1889); "Types of Animal Life" (1893). Though an evolutionist, he is well known as denying that evolution accounts for the human intellect.
By Charles Dudley Warner
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