Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

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French person biologist botanist human naturalist zoologist

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck was a pioneering French naturalist best known for proposing an early theory of evolution based on the inheritance of acquired characteristics.

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Label Occurrences
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck canonical 15
Lamarck 3
Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf French person ⓘ
biologist ⓘ
botanist ⓘ
human ⓘ
naturalist ⓘ
zoologist ⓘ
birthDate 1744-08-01 ⓘ
birthPlace Bazentin, Picardy, France ⓘ
burialPlace Montparnasse Cemetery, Paris (grave later lost) ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship France ⓘ
deathDate 1829-12-18 ⓘ
deathPlace Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris, France
employer Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle ⓘ
surface form: Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle
familyName Jean-Baptiste Lamarck self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lamarck
fieldOfWork botany ⓘ
evolutionary biology ⓘ
invertebrate zoology ⓘ
taxonomy ⓘ
fullName Jean-Baptiste Lamarck self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck
gender male ⓘ
givenName Jean-Baptiste ⓘ
influenced Charles Darwin ⓘ
Ernst Haeckel ⓘ
knownFor classification of invertebrate animals ⓘ
coining the term "invertebrates" ⓘ
concept of use and disuse of organs ⓘ
early theory of evolution ⓘ
theory of inheritance of acquired characteristics ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName French ⓘ
militaryService French Army ⓘ
movement pre-Darwinian evolutionary thought ⓘ
name Jean-Baptiste Lamarck self-link ⓘ
notableWork Flore française ⓘ
Philosophie zoologique ⓘ
Système des animaux sans vertèbres ⓘ
occupation academic ⓘ
biologist ⓘ
botanist ⓘ
naturalist ⓘ
zoologist ⓘ
positionHeld professor of "insects, worms and microscopic animals" at the Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle ⓘ
professor of invertebrate zoology ⓘ
proposedConcept adaptation through use and disuse of organs ⓘ
gradual transformation of species over time ⓘ
publicationDateOfWork 1801 (Système des animaux sans vertèbres) ⓘ
1809 (Philosophie zoologique) ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
theory inheritance of acquired characteristics ⓘ
transformism ⓘ

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Lamarckism → hasKeyProponent → Jean-Baptiste Lamarck ⓘ
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Annelida → taxonAuthor → Jean-Baptiste Lamarck ⓘ
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck → name → Jean-Baptiste Lamarck self-link ⓘ
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck → fullName → Jean-Baptiste Lamarck self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck → familyName → Jean-Baptiste Lamarck self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lamarck
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon → influenced → Jean-Baptiste Lamarck ⓘ
Arachnida → describedBy → Jean-Baptiste Lamarck ⓘ
Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire → influencedBy → Jean-Baptiste Lamarck ⓘ
Buffon → influenced → Jean-Baptiste Lamarck ⓘ
Bazentin, Picardy, France → birthplaceOf → Jean-Baptiste Lamarck ⓘ
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Philosophie zoologique → author → Jean-Baptiste Lamarck ⓘ
Système des animaux sans vertèbres → author → Jean-Baptiste Lamarck ⓘ
1801 (Système des animaux sans vertèbres) → author → Jean-Baptiste Lamarck ⓘ
Georges-Louis → influenced → Jean-Baptiste Lamarck ⓘ
subject surface form: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière → influenced → Jean-Baptiste Lamarck ⓘ
Tinospora → taxonAuthor → Jean-Baptiste Lamarck ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lamarck
Aurelia → scientificNameAuthorship → Jean-Baptiste Lamarck ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lamarck