Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, French mathematician, cosmologist, and author (died 1788)

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

French naturalist, mathematician, and cosmologist (1701–1788)

Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon was a French naturalist, mathematician, and cosmologist. He held the position of intendant (director) at the Jardin du Roi, now called the Jardin des plantes.