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French natural historian (1707-1788)

Also known as: Georges-Louis Leclerc de Buffon, Buffon, Comte de Buffon, George Louis le Clerc de Buffon, George Louis Leclerc de Buffon, George Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

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Known works

Histoire naturelle (1750)
Histoire naturelle des oiseaux
uvres complètes de M. le C[om]te de Buffon .. (1774)
Natural history of birds, fish, insects, and reptiles (1798)
Histoire naturelle des minéraux