Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Georges-Louis_Leclerc_de_Buffon
GPTKB entity
Statements (33)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:mathematician
gptkb:naturalist
gptkb:person
biologist
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Dijon
gptkbp:birthDate 1707-09-07
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Montbard,_France
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Church_of_Saint-Urse,_Montbard
gptkbp:child Georges-Louis-Marie Leclerc de Buffon
gptkbp:deathDate 1788-04-16
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:Paris,_France
gptkbp:field gptkb:mathematics
biology
natural history
gptkbp:honor gptkb:Buffon_crater_on_the_Moon
Buffon's needle (mathematical problem)
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Charles_Darwin
gptkb:Georges_Cuvier
gptkb:Jean-Baptiste_Lamarck
gptkbp:knownFor gptkb:Buffon's_needle
theory of evolution precursors
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:Académie_française
gptkb:French_Academy_of_Sciences
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:French
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Histoire_Naturelle
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:dictionary
gptkb:writer
gptkbp:signature Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Marie-Françoise_de_Saint-Belin-Malain
gptkbp:title gptkb:Count_of_Buffon
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Georges-Louis-Marie_Leclerc
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7