biography
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Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de (Count of)
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pronunciation:
[bufõ]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1707–88)
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| biography:
| Naturalist, born in Montbard, EC France. He studied at Dijon, then devoted himself to science. In 1739 he was made director of the Jardin du Roi, and formed the design of his Histoire naturelle (1749–67, Natural History). His wide-ranging ideas led to fresh interest in natural science, and foreshadowed the theory of evolution. He was made a count in 1773. |
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