Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
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Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon was an influential 18th-century French naturalist and writer whose multi-volume "Histoire naturelle" helped shape Enlightenment thought on biology, geology, and the history of the Earth.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon canonical | 13 |
| Comte de Buffon | 4 |
Statements (52)
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| instanceOf |
Enlightenment thinker
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French nobility ⓘ biologist ⓘ geologist ⓘ human ⓘ naturalist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| birthDate | 1707-09-07 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Burgundy
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Kingdom of France ⓘ Montbard ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Kingdom of France ⓘ |
| deathDate | 1788-04-16 ⓘ |
| deathPlace |
Kingdom of France
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Paris ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Collège des Godrans
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University of Dijon ⓘ |
| employer | Jardin du Roi ⓘ |
| familyName | Leclerc ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
anthropology
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biology ⓘ botany ⓘ cosmology ⓘ geology ⓘ natural history ⓘ zoology ⓘ |
| genre |
natural history writing
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scientific literature ⓘ |
| givenName | Georges-Louis ⓘ |
| influenced |
Charles Darwin
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Enlightenment natural history ⓘ Georges Cuvier ⓘ Jean-Baptiste Lamarck ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Isaac Newton
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René Descartes ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Monte Carlo method
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surface form:
Buffon's needle probability problem
early ideas on species change ⓘ theory of the history of the Earth ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| movement | Age of Enlightenment ⓘ |
| name | Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon self-link ⓘ |
| nobleTitle |
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
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Comte de Buffon
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| notableWork | Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière ⓘ |
| occupation |
cosmologist
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encyclopedist ⓘ mathematician ⓘ naturalist ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
intendant of the Jardin du Roi
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member of the Académie française ⓘ member of the French Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
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Subject: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon Description of subject: Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon was an influential 18th-century French naturalist and writer whose multi-volume "Histoire naturelle" helped shape Enlightenment thought on biology, geology, and the history of the Earth.
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Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
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Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
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Comte de Buffon
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Comte de Buffon
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Comte de Buffon
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Comte de Buffon