Homefacts City Report. Hinsdale is located in Cook County, IL. The population is 16,594. There are 6 public schools in Hinsdale with an average Homefacts rating of A+. The total crime rate for Hinsdale is very low, and there are 1 registered sex offenders residing in the city.
Governor William Blount served from 1790 to 1796, when Tennessee was known as the Southwest Territory. He was replaced by John Sevier, the state's first governor.
Georges Cuvier (1769-1832), leader of elite French science. John van Wyhe, Fellow, National University of Singapore; Researcher, History & philosophy of science, Cambridge University. Georges Cuvier was one of the most influential figures in science during the early nineteenth century. A self-appointed referee of proper science from his stronghold in the elite AcadÃ©mie des Sciences, Cuvier was as successful in creating his own image as a great man of science as he was in the many areas of science he studied.