Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

French naturalist, mathematician, and cosmologist (1701–1788)

Died
1788
Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon was a French naturalist, mathematician, and cosmologist. He held the position of intendant (director) at the Jardin du Roi, since called the Jardin des Plantes.

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