Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

Birth Name:

Georges-Louis Leclerc

Birth Date:

September 7, 1707

Birth Place:

Montbard, Burgundy, France

Death Date:

April 16, 1788

Place of Death:

Paris, France

Age:

Cause of Death:

Unkown

Cemetery Name:

Sainte-Urse de Montbard Church

Claim to Fame:

Science

Comte de Buffon was a French naturalist, mathematician, cosmologist, and encyclopédiste whose collective works influenced generations of naturalists including Jean-Baptiste Lamarck and Georges Cuvier. He was considered by many to be the Father of all Thought in the field of natural history in the 18th century.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Sainte-Urse de Montbard Church

Allée Clemenceau

Montbard, , 21500

France

Europe

Grave Location Description

On the south side of the church in the seigneurial chapel located on the grounds of La Grande Forge de Buffon

Grave Location GPS

47.6253, 4.3355

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