Buffon
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Buffon was an 18th-century French naturalist whose pioneering work in natural history and ideas about species and the age of the Earth significantly shaped early evolutionary thought.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Buffon canonical | 6 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Enlightenment thinker
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French person ⓘ biologist ⓘ human ⓘ naturalist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| authorOf | Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1707-09-07 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Montbard
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surface form:
Montbard, Burgundy, France
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| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1788-04-16 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Paris
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surface form:
Paris, France
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| educatedAt |
Collège des Godrans
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surface form:
Collège des Godrans, Dijon
University of Dijon ⓘ |
| era | Age of Enlightenment ⓘ |
| familyName | Leclerc ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
biology
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cosmology ⓘ geology ⓘ natural history ⓘ probability theory ⓘ |
| fullName | Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon ⓘ |
| givenName | Georges-Louis ⓘ |
| influenced |
Charles Darwin
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Jean-Baptiste Lamarck ⓘ early evolutionary thought ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Isaac Newton
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René Descartes ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Buffon’s needle problem
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early estimates of the age of the Earth ⓘ ideas about species change over time ⓘ pioneering work in natural history ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Académie française
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Académie des Sciences ⓘ
surface form:
French Academy of Sciences
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| nobleTitle |
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
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surface form:
Comte de Buffon
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| notableWork | Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière ⓘ |
| occupation |
cosmologist
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encyclopedist ⓘ mathematician ⓘ naturalist ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
director of the Jardin du Roi
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intendant of the Jardin du Roi ⓘ member of the Académie française ⓘ |
| proposed |
Buffon’s needle problem
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surface form:
Buffon’s needle experiment
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| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| workOn |
species and variation
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Theory of the Earth ⓘ
surface form:
theory of the Earth
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Subject: Buffon Description of subject: Buffon was an 18th-century French naturalist whose pioneering work in natural history and ideas about species and the age of the Earth significantly shaped early evolutionary thought.
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