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Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon. Georges Louis. Leclerc, comte de. Buffon. Buffon. Naturaliste et écrivain français (Montbard 1707-Paris 1788). Par sa diversité, sa richesse, son originalité et l'influence qu'elle a exercée, l'œuvre de Buffon est d'une importance exceptionnelle. Sa monumentale Histoire naturelle a été, de son ...
Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon, was the most influential biologist (and hence paleontologist) of the 18th century. The title of Count was bestowed not by birth, but by Louis XV in recognition of his accomplishments, a fair showing for a man of bourgeois parents. When Buffon died, he left publications so numerous they require a meter ...
Med Sci (Paris) 2007 ; 23 : 1057–1062 Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon (1707-1788) Un homme d’influence au siècle des Lumières Georges-Louis Leclerc, Count of Buffon (1707-1788): a man of influence in the century of the Lights
May 3, 2021 · Name in native language. Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon. Date of birth. 7 September 1707. Montbard ( Burgundy, Kingdom of France) Date of death. 15 April 1788. Paris ( Kingdom of France) Work period (start)
Georges-Louis Leclerc, le comte de Buffon's The Epochs of Nature, originally published as Les Époques de la Nature in 1778, is one of the first great popular science books, a work of style and insight that was devoured by Catherine the Great of Russia and influenced Humboldt, Darwin, Lyell, Vernadsky, and many other renowned scientists. It is the first geological history of the world ...
Comte de Buffon Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon , 7 September 1707 -16 April 1788 , French naturalist. Buffon, born George-Louis LeClerc (the name Buffon was inherited with an from his mother when he was twenty-five), was born in Montbard, France, the son of a Burgundian state official, and attended the Jesuit College of Godrans in Dijon.
Il s intéresse à tous les domaines de la nature : botanique, biologie, chimie, géologie, utilise les mathématiques comme un outil, et effectue des recherches sur les organes reproducteurs des animaux. Nommé Intendant du Jardin du roi en 1739, il va agrandir ce jardin et en enrichir sans cesse les collections, tout en travaillant à son ...
