Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon vs Jean le Rond d'Alembert
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Compare the life timelines of Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707–1788) and Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717–1783) side by side. Their lives overlapped for 66 years, from 1717 to 1783.
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Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707–1788)
- — Born in Montbard, Burgundy Verified
- — Studied law at the College of Godrans in Dijon Verified
- — Elected to the French Academy of Sciences Verified
- — Appointed keeper of the Jardin du Roi in Paris Verified
- — Published the first volumes of Histoire naturelle Verified
- — Married Francoise de Saint-Belin-Malain Verified
- — Elected to the Academie francaise Verified
- — Made Comte de Buffon by Louis XV Verified
- — Published Les Epoques de la nature Verified
- — Died in Paris Verified
Jean le Rond d'Alembert (1717–1783)
- — Born in Paris and abandoned at the church of Saint-Jean-le-Rond Verified
- — Studied at the Collège des Quatre-Nations Verified
- — Elected to the French Academy of Sciences Verified
- — Published the Traité de dynamique Verified
- — Derived the one-dimensional wave equation for a vibrating string Verified
- — Co-edited the Encyclopédie and wrote its Preliminary Discourse Verified
- — Elected to the Académie française Verified
- — Became permanent secretary of the Académie française Verified
- — Died in Paris Verified