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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 .
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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Jul 3, 2019 · Learn about the life and work of the French mathematician and naturalist who influenced evolutionary theory. Find out his contributions to probability, number theory, calculus, cosmology, biogeography, and more.
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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). In the 1600s most naturalists believed the world was a few thousand years old and that species were created separately and organized into an unchanging ...
Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon, plus connu sous le nom simple de Buffon, né à Montbard le 7 septembre 1707 et mort à Paris le 15 avril 1788 est un naturaliste, mathématicien, biologiste, cosmologiste, philosophe et écrivain français . À la fois académicien des sciences et académicien français, il participe à l'esprit des ...
Apr 7, 2024 · In later editions of The Origin of Species, Darwin acknowledged Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, as one of the “few” people who had understood that species change and evolve, before ...
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. He settled on his family’s estate, where he researched the ...
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