Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon

(1707-1788)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788 LBT ID: GeBuffo1788 VIAF ID: 36915547 LOC ID: n50041361	B/BAP: 1707-09-07 DIED: 1788-06-16
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French natural philosopher, author of Histoire naturelle genéralé et particulière (1749-1804) and an address to the French Academy, Discours sur le style (1753).
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