This is a sculpture of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris. The inscription reads, "A Lamarck / Fondateur de la doctrine de l'evolution" (In honour of Lamarck / Founder of the doctrine of evolution). Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck (/ləˈmɑrk/;[1] French: [lamaʁk]), was a French naturalist. He was a soldier, biologist, academic, and an early proponent of the idea that evolution occurred and proceeded in accordance with natural laws. He gave the term biology a broader meaning by coining the term for special sciences, chemistry, meteorology, geology, and botany-zoology.

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