Jean-Baptiste_Lamarck

Jean-Baptiste_Lamarck

naturalist
writer
zoologist
chemist
French First Republic
✝️Catholicism

Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck, often known simply as Lamarck, was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of the idea that biological evolution occurred and proceeded in accordance with natural laws, though the mechanism he suggested has been refuted at large.

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Lifespan
1744 – 1829
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Background

Born in
Bazentin
Awards
🏆 Knight of the Legion of Honour

Timeline

  • 1744

    Born

    Birth
  • 1829

    Died

    Death

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