Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon

Affiliations: 
Jardin du Roi, Paris, France 
Area:
Mathematics, naturalist, cosmology
Website:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges-Louis_Leclerc,_Comte_de_Buffon
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"Georges-Louis Buffon"
Bio:

(1707 - 1788)
http://ihm.nlm.nih.gov/luna/servlet/view/search/what/Portraits/Buffon,%20George%20Louis%20Leclerc%20de%201707-1788/
French natural historian who originated the doctrine of organic molecules and the origin of life, 1707-88. Director of the Jardin du Roi.

Cross-listing: Chemistry Tree - MathTree

Parents

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Gabriel Cramer grad student 1728-1732 University of Geneva (Astronomy Tree)

Children

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Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck research assistant 1774 Jardin du Roi (Evolution Tree)
Pierre-Joseph Macquer grad student 1742-1752 Jardin du Roi, Paris (Neurotree)
Bernhard Christian Otto research scientist 1777 University of Greifswald (Neurotree)

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Louis Jean-Marie Daubenton collaborator 1742-1788 Jardin du Roi (Geotree)
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