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Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte du Buffon,1707-1788, French naturalist.

Comte du Buffon (born Georges Louis Leclerc) was born in Montbard, France. In 1723 his father advised him to study law and thats what he did until 1728 when he went to Angers to study mathematics, medicine, and botany. In the early 1730's he traveled with his friend the Duke of Kingston and during their stay in England Buffon was elected a member of the Royal Society.