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The Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi (French: [istwaʁ natyʁɛl]; English: Natural History, General and Particular, with a Description of the King's Cabinet) is an encyclopaedic collection of 36 large (quarto) volumes written between 1749–1804, initially by the Comte de Buffon, and continued in eight more volumes after his death by his ...
The Natural History (Latin: Naturalis Historia) is a Latin work by Pliny the Elder.The largest single work to have survived from the Roman Empire to the modern day, the Natural History compiles information gleaned from other ancient authors.
Gaius Plinius Secundus (AD 23/24–79), known in English as Pliny the Elder (/ ˈ p l ɪ n i / PLIN-ee), [1] was a Roman author, naturalist, natural philosopher, and naval and army commander of the early Roman Empire, and a friend of the emperor Vespasian.
Jean-Louis Alléon-Dulac (1723–1788) was a French naturalist.. Jean-Louis Alléon-Dulac was born in Saint-Étienne, Loire, the son of an adviser of the king.He became a lawyer at the Parliament of Lyon between 1748 and 1765, Director of the post office, Warehouse keeper of tobacco and Receiver of the Lottery of Saint-Etienne, but is especially known as a naturalist.
The list of Chairs of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle includes major figures in the history of the Natural sciences. Early chaired positions were held by Jean-Baptiste Lamarck , René Desfontaines and Georges Cuvier , and later occupied by Paul Rivet , Léon Vaillant and others.
He was born in Ambleny, France.After having worked in kitchen gardens and for the Parisian market gardeners, he was appointed by André Thouin (1746–1824) garçon jardinier in 1790 at the Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle of Paris.
The following is a list persons who have held the chairs of the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle. The number of chaired positions, and their subject areas, have evolved since the creation of the original twelve chairs, some being subdivided into two positions and others removed. (Titles translated) Animal Anatomy
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