Daubenton, M. (Louis-Jean-Marie), 1716-1799

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Louis Jean-Marie Daubenton (1716-1799) was a pioneering French naturalist, member of the French Academy of Sciences, lecturer of natural history at the college of medicine (1775) and professor of zoology at the Collège de France (1778), first director of the Museum of Natural History in 1793 (formerly Jardin des Plantes in Paris). In 1742, the naturalist Georges Buffon asked him to prepare anatomical descriptions for a work on natural history (Histoire naturelle, 1794-1804), work he only partially completed before disputing with Buffon. However, in 1746, their friendship renewed, Daubenton became Buffon's assistant as keeper and demonstrator of the cabinet of natural history at the Jardin des Plantes, Paris.

Gilles Germain Richard de Ruffey (1706-1794) was president of the Chambre des comptes de Bourgogne as well as of the Académie des sciences, arts et belles lettres de Dijon. De Ruffey was also a writer, including poems and the work L'Histoire secrète de l'Académie.

From the description of Letters to Richard de Ruffey, 1752-1767. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 702186966
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referencedIn Duhamel du Monceau, M., 1700-1789. Papers, 1716-1789. American Philosophical Society Library
referencedIn Rosengarten, J. G. (Joseph George), 1835-1921. General Count de Rochambeau and The Château de Rochambeau, and related materials, ca. 1892-1895. University of Pennsylvania Library
creatorOf Daubenton, M. (Louis-Jean-Marie), 1716-1799. Letters to Richard de Ruffey, 1752-1767. Yale University, Lewis Walpole Library
referencedIn Fonds de la Bibliothèque du Palais des Arts, aujourd’hui réparti entre la Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon, la Bibliothèque de l’Académie de Lyon et la Bibliothèque Nationale de France Ms PA 1 - Ms PA 362. Bibliothèque municipale (Lyon)
creatorOf Daubenton, M. (Louis-Jean-Marie), 1716-1799. Tableau méthodique des minéraux, 1784. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
creatorOf Daubenton, M. (Louis-Jean-Marie), 1716-1799. Tableau méthodique des minéraux, 1784. Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Henri Louis Duhamel du Monceau papers, 1716-1789, 1716-1789 American Philosophical Society
creatorOf Lakanal, Joseph, 1762-1845. Joseph Lakanal papers, 1793-1834. Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries
creatorOf Daubenton, M. (Louis-Jean-Marie), 1716-1799. Letter. Smithsonian Institution. Libraries
referencedIn American Philosophical Society Archives. Record Group IIa, 1743-1806 American Philosophical Society
referencedIn Giovanni Valentino Mattia Fabbroni papers, ca. 1770s-1875, Circa 1770-1875 American Philosophical Society
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associatedWith Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc, comte de, 1707-1788. person
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associatedWith Duhamel du Monceau, M., 1700-1782 person
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associatedWith Fabbroni, Giovanni Valentino Mattia, 1752-1822 person
associatedWith Lakanal, Joseph, 1762-1845. person
associatedWith Miroudot du Bourg, Jean-Baptiste, 1716-1798. person
associatedWith Rosengarten, J. G. (Joseph George), 1835-1921. person
associatedWith Wagner, Henry Raup, 1862-1957 person
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