Sophie Duvaucel

(1789-1867)

LBT ID: SoDuvac1867 VIAF ID: 170287517	B/BAP: 1789 DIED: 1867
SOURCES: Cynthia V. Burek, Bettie Higgs, The Role of Women in the History of Geology (2007) 282ff; Virtual International Authority File
The step-daughter of Georges Cuvier, lover of Sutton Sharpe, and correspondent of Stendhal. In 1833 she married Alexandre Louis Ducrest de Villeneuve (1777-1852).
REFERENCES TO Sophie Duvaucel: Samuel Rogers to Sarah Rogers, 7 September 1830 in Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Found 2: ¶ 1 ¶ Redding, Cyrus, 1785-1870, Fifty Years’ Recollections, Literary and Personal, with Observations on Men and Things. 3 vols (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1858) Chapter II. Found 1: ¶ 100 Clayden, Peter William, 1827-1902, Samuel Rogers and his Contemporaries 2 Vols (London: Smith, Elder & Co., 1889) Chapter I. 1828-1830. Found 1: ¶