George Louis Leclerc

George Louis Leclerc (1707-1788), Comte de Buffon, also George Louis Leclerc de Buffon, was a great French naturalist, born at Montbard, in Burgundy. His father was one of the noblesse de robe. De Buffon studied law at Dijon, spent some time in England, studying the English language, devoted from early years to science, though more to the display of it, and to natural science for life on being appointed intendant of the Jardin du Roi. He was assisted, and more than assisted, by Daubenton and others, produced 15 volumes of his world-famous "Histoire Naturelle" between the years 1749 and 1767. The saying "Style is the man" is ascribed to him, and he has been measured by some according to his own standard. Neither his style nor his science is rated of any high value
now: "Buffon was as pompous and inflated as his style".

Wisdom & Quotes

• Le style est l'homme meme.

(The style is the man himself.)

- Discours sur le style

Linnaeus