Lycee jean-baptiste lamarck biography

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Born	(1744-08-01)August 1, 1744 Bazentin, Picardie
Died	December 18, 1829(1829-12-18) (aged 85) Paris
Nationality	French
Known for	Evolution; inheritance of acquired characters. Influenced Geoffroy
Scientific career
Institutions	French Academy of Sciences; Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle; Jardin des Plantes

Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de la Marck, usually known as Lamarck, (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829) was a Frenchsoldier, naturalist and member of the French Academy.

He was one of the first people to suggest that organisms changed in accordance with natural laws. This is known as evolution.

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Life

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Jean-Baptiste was the 11th child of Philippe Jacques de Monet de La Marck and Marie-Françoise de Fontaine de Chuignolles. His parents were nobles, but they were not well-off.

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