Georges-louis Leclerc, Comte Du Buffon
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Georges-louis Leclerc, Comte Du Buffon
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Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte du Buffon, French naturalist, 1761. Author of the encyclopedic 44-volume Histoire Naturelle, Buffon (1707-1778) proposed that the Earth existed before 4004 BC, the then generally accepted date of its creation. His work was a precursor of the theory of evolution. Copperplate engraving after a portrait of 1761 by Drouais. (Photo by Oxford Science Archive/Print Collector/Getty Images)
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