Georges-Louis Leclerc Buffon
Affiliations: | Jardin du Roi, Paris, France |
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Mathematics, naturalist, cosmologyWebsite:
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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: ID Tree - Chemistry Tree
Children
Sign in to add trainee| 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) |
Collaborators
Sign in to add collaborator| Louis Jean-Marie Daubenton | collaborator | 1742-1788 | Jardin du Roi (Geotree) |