Georges-Louis
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Georges-Louis is the given name of Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, the influential 18th-century French naturalist and mathematician.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Georges-Louis canonical | 4 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biologist
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human ⓘ mathematician ⓘ naturalist ⓘ nobleman ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1707-09-07 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1788-04-16 ⓘ |
| describedAs | influential 18th-century French naturalist and mathematician ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Collège des Godrans
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University of Dijon ⓘ |
| employer | Jardin du Roi ⓘ |
| familyName | Leclerc ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
biology
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cosmology ⓘ geology ⓘ mathematics ⓘ natural history ⓘ zoology ⓘ |
| givenName | Georges-Louis self-linksurface differs ⓘ |
| influenced |
Charles Darwin
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Jean-Baptiste Lamarck ⓘ evolutionary thought ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Académie française
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Académie des Sciences ⓘ
surface form:
French Academy of Sciences
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| movement |
Age of Enlightenment
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surface form:
Enlightenment
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| nobleTitle |
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
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surface form:
Comte de Buffon
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| notableFor |
early ideas on biological variation and species
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foundational work in natural history ⓘ Buffon’s needle problem ⓘ
surface form:
probabilistic method known as Buffon's needle
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| notableIdea |
Buffon’s needle problem
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surface form:
Buffon's law
Buffon’s needle problem ⓘ
surface form:
Buffon's needle problem
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| notableWork |
Buffon’s needle problem
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surface form:
Buffon's needle
Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière ⓘ Les époques de la nature ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Burgundy
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Kingdom of France ⓘ Montbard ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Kingdom of France
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Paris ⓘ |
| positionHeld | intendant of the Jardin du Roi ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon