Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

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Enlightenment thinker French nobility biologist geologist human naturalist writer

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 canonical 13
Comte de Buffon 4

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instanceOf Enlightenment thinker ⓘ
French nobility ⓘ
biologist ⓘ
geologist ⓘ
human ⓘ
naturalist ⓘ
writer ⓘ
birthDate 1707-09-07 ⓘ
birthPlace Burgundy ⓘ
Kingdom of France ⓘ
Montbard ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of France ⓘ
deathDate 1788-04-16 ⓘ
deathPlace Kingdom of France ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
educatedAt Collège des Godrans ⓘ
University of Dijon ⓘ
employer Jardin du Roi ⓘ
familyName Leclerc ⓘ
fieldOfWork anthropology ⓘ
biology ⓘ
botany ⓘ
cosmology ⓘ
geology ⓘ
natural history ⓘ
zoology ⓘ
genre natural history writing ⓘ
scientific literature ⓘ
givenName Georges-Louis ⓘ
influenced Charles Darwin ⓘ
Enlightenment natural history ⓘ
Georges Cuvier ⓘ
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck ⓘ
influencedBy Isaac Newton ⓘ
René Descartes ⓘ
knownFor Monte Carlo method ⓘ
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 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Comte de Buffon
notableWork Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière ⓘ
occupation cosmologist ⓘ
encyclopedist ⓘ
mathematician ⓘ
naturalist ⓘ
writer ⓘ
positionHeld intendant of the Jardin du Roi ⓘ
member of the Académie française ⓘ
member of the French Academy of Sciences ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ

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