Georges Louis Leclerc comte de Buffon

Standard Name: Buffon, Georges Louis Leclerc,,, comte de

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1749: The philosophe Buffon began publishing his...

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1749

The philosophe Buffon began publishing his Histoire naturelle, générale et particulière, one of the great Enlightenment collaborative projects for the advancement of learning.
O’Brien, Karen. Women and Enlightenment in Eighteenth-Century Britain. Cambridge University Press, 2009.
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28 May 1777: William Robertson published at London and...

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28 May 1777

William Robertson published at London and Edinburgh his History of America, which is in effect a history of European colonization.
Matthew, Henry Colin Gray et al., editors. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. http://www.oxforddnb.com/.

By July 1777: William Russell published his History of...

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By July 1777

William Russell published his History of America in two volumes at London. The date on the title page reads 1778.
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Critical Review. W. Simpkin and R. Marshall, 5 series.
44 (1777): 49-61

1780: Man of letters William Smellie published...

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1780

Man of letters William Smellie published an English translation of Buffon 's famous Natural History.
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