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   4 days ago · Open in viewer. The influential 18th-century naturalist Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon, coined the term “reproduction,” defining it as the process of combining and reproducing in an embryo the organization and characteristics of the parents’ bodies. Drawing on his animal breeding experiments, he argued that it was possible and ...

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   Apr 16, 2024 · Georges-Louis Leclerc was born in Montbard, Burgundy, the son of a coun­ cillor in the Burgundian Parliament who took the title of seigneur de Buffon in 1717. After his secondary studies at the Jesuit college in Dijon, he studied for a degree in Law, possibly with the aim of following in his father's footsteps, but

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4. thespectator.com › book-and-art › we-owe-carlWhat we owe to Carl Linnaeus’s genius - The Spectator World

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   Apr 17, 2024 · Carl Linnaeus and Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon were both taxonomists, born in the same year (1707), but apart from that they had little in common and never met. Buffon was French, Linnaeus Swedish. Buffon was suave, elegant, tall and handsome (Voltaire said he had “the body of an athlete and the soul of a sage”), whereas Linnaeus ...

5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › History_of_evolutionaryHistory of evolutionary thought - Wikipedia

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   3 days ago · Later in the 18th century, the French philosopher Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, one of the leading naturalists of the time, suggested that what most people referred to as species were really just well-marked varieties, modified from an original form by environmental factors. For example, he believed that lions, tigers, leopards, and ...

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7. www.economist.com › culture › 2024/04/30A little-remembered rivalry that shaped the modern world

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   Apr 30, 2024 · The race between Carl Linnaeus and Georges-Louis de Buffon to categorise all life had long-lasting consequences | Culture

8. www.caminteresse.fr › sciences › qui-est-georgesQui est Georges-Louis Leclerc, le scientifique Français qui ...

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   Apr 25, 2024 · L'homme qui semble faire rougir le père de la théorie de l'évolution par sélection naturelle est un mathématicien, philosophe et encyclopédiste français du XVIIIe siècle. Tout comme Darwin, Georges-Louis Leclerc (1707-1788), devenu comte de Buffon par la grâce de Louis XV, est un naturaliste. Un siècle les sépare.

9. pedagogue.app › teaching-students-about-comte-deTeaching Students About Comte de Buffon - Pedagogue

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   6 days ago · Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon: A Brief Biography. Born in 1707 in Montbard, France, Georges-Louis Leclerc was initially educated at home by his mother before earning a degree in law from the University of Dijon. However, Buffon’s passion for natural sciences was awakened during his studies at the university.