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Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

1744 - 1829

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Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck (; French: [ʒɑ̃batist lamaʁk]), 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. Lamarck fought in the Seven Years' War against Prussia, and was awarded a commission for bravery on the battlefield. Posted to Monaco, Lamarck became interested in natural history and resolved to study medicine. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean-Baptiste Lamarck is the 8th most popular biologist (down from 7th in 2019), the 90th most popular biography from France (down from 82nd in 2019) and the most popular French Biologist.

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck is most famous for his theory of evolution, which was the first to propose that organisms evolve over time and pass on their traits to their offspring.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck ranks 8 out of 1,097. Before him are Carl Linnaeus, Gregor Mendel, Alexander Fleming, James Watson, Ivan Pavlov, and Antonie van Leeuwenhoek. After him are Ernst Haeckel, Konrad Lorenz, Rosalind Franklin, Karl Landsteiner, Robert Edwards, and Robert Brown.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1744, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck ranks 1. After him are Frederick William II of Prussia, Johann Gottfried Herder, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Mayer Amschel Rothschild, Pierre Méchain, Infanta Maria Josefa of Spain, Abigail Adams, Karl Theodor Anton Maria von Dalberg, Johann Christian Polycarp Erxleben, Pierce Butler, and Elbridge Gerry. Among people deceased in 1829, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck ranks 2. Before him is Pope Leo XII. After him are Niels Henrik Abel, John Jay, Friedrich Schlegel, Humphry Davy, Thomas Young, Maria Anna Mozart, Paul Barras, François-Joseph Gossec, Louis Nicolas Vauquelin, and Mauro Giuliani.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck ranks 90 out of 6,770. Before him are Tacitus (54), Jacques Cartier (1491), Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de Lafayette (1757), Irène Joliot-Curie (1897), Pope Clement V (1264), and Jacques-Louis David (1748). After him are Louis de Broglie (1892), Louis Braille (1809), Jean-Paul Belmondo (1933), Louis de Funès (1914), Gustave Courbet (1819), and Guy de Maupassant (1850).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In France

Among biologists born in France, Jean-Baptiste Lamarck ranks 1. After him are Georges Cuvier (1769), Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707), Louis Jean Pierre Vieillot (1748), Luc Montagnier (1932), Charles Richet (1850), André Michel Lwoff (1902), Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (1947), François Jacob (1920), Roger Guillemin (1924), René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur (1683), and Jean Dausset (1916).

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