JEAN-BAPTISTE LAMARK
JEAN-BAPTISTE LAMARK Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet Chevalier de Lamarck Born: 1-Aug-1744 Birthplace: Bazentin-le-Petit, France Died: 18-Dec-1829 Location of death: Paris, France Cause of death: unspecified Remains: Missing Religion: Deist Race or Ethnicity: White Occupation: Biologist Nationality: France Executive summary: Early invertebrate biologist, evolutionary theorist Military service: French Army (1759-68) French naturalist, born on the 1st of August 1744, at Bazantin, a village of Picardy. He was an eleventh child; and his father, lord of the manor and of old family, but of limited means, having placed three sons in the army, destined this one for the church, and sent him to the Jesuits at Amiens, where he continued until his father's death. After this he would remain with the Jesuits no longer, and, not yet seventeen years of age, starte