Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French soldier, biologist, and academic (born 1744)

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

French naturalist (1744–1829)

Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck, often known simply as Lamarck, 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.