Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
French naturalist and mathematician
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Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon was a French naturalist, mathematician, and cosmologist. He held the position of intendant at the Jardin du Roi, now called the Jardin des plantes. Wikipedia
Born: September 7, 1707, Montbard, France
Died: April 16, 1788 (age 80 years), Paris, France
Known for: Histoire Naturelle (1749–1804); Buffon's needle problem; Rejection sampling
Parents: Anne-Christine Marlin and Benjamin Francois Leclerc
Spouse: Marie-Françoise de Saint-Belin-Malain (m. 1752)