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   Who was Comte de Buffon?

   • The French naturalist and author Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, enjoyed international acclaim for the artistic expression of his own grandiose, often brilliant theories and for presenting in similar fashion the discoveries of leading contemporaries, particularly in the field of natural science.

   Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de (1707–1788)

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   What did Georges-Louis Leclerc study?

   • For the full article, see Georges-Louis Leclerc, count de Buffon . G. L. Leclerc, comte de Buffon, (born Sept. 7, 1707, Montbard, Fr.—died April 16, 1788, Paris), French naturalist. He studied mathematics, medicine, and botany until a duel forced him to cut short his studies.

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   • In the 1800s, Darwin described a world that was inconceivably old, one in which life gradually changed from one form to another without any need for direct supernatural intervention. Roughly midway between those two views—both chronologically and intellectually—was the remarkable Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon.

   Old Earth, Ancient Life: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

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   • They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. Georges-Louis Leclerc, count de Buffon (born September 7, 1707, Montbard, France—died April 16, 1788, Paris) was a French naturalist, remembered for his comprehensive work on natural history, Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière (begun in 1749).

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   Apr 12, 2024 · Georges-Louis Leclerc, count de Buffon (born September 7, 1707, Montbard, France—died April 16, 1788, Paris) was a French naturalist, remembered for his comprehensive work on natural history, Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière (begun in 1749). He was created a count in 1773.

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   Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (French: [ʒɔʁʒ lwi ləklɛʁ kɔ̃t də byfɔ̃]; 7 September 1707 – 16 April 1788) was a French naturalist, mathematician, and cosmologist. He held the position of intendant (director) at the Jardin du Roi, now called the Jardin des plantes .

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   The History of Evolutionary Thought. Old Earth, Ancient Life: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon. No single naturalist of the 1700s epitomizes the revolutionary changes that the Enlightenment brought to the study of nature more than Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707-1788).

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   BUFFON, GEORGES-LOUIS LECLERC, COMTE DE(1707–1788) The French naturalist and author Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, enjoyed international acclaim for the artistic expression of his own grandiose, often brilliant theories and for presenting in similar fashion the discoveries of leading contemporaries, particularly in the field of ...

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   Sep 7, 2017 · Mingling with Voltaire and other Parisian intellectuals, Buffon was admitted to the Academy of Sciences in 1734 in recognition of his achievements in calculus and probability theory.

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   Jun 25, 2021 · Buffon has a somewhat paradoxical place in the history of science as well as in the history of philosophy: on the one hand, his relevance can hardly be contested, given the wide circulation of his work until the end of the nineteenth century, the variety of topics he addressed, and the multiplicity of ideas and new notions he introduced.