Buffon
- Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de (1707- 88), French naturalist. A founder of palaeontology, he emphasized the unity of all living species, minimizing the apparent differences between animals and plants. He produced a compilation of the animal kingdom, the Histoire Naturelle, which had reached thirty-six volumes by the time of his death.布丰, 乔治-路易斯·莱克勒克, 伯爵（1707-1788, 法国博物学家、古生物学的创始人, 他强调所有生物的统一, 将动物与植物之间的明显差异最小化, 他编了一系列关于动物王国的书, 名为《自然史》, 到他逝世前夕, 这套书已达36卷）。