Mathematician:Georges Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

Mathematician
French naturalist, mathematician, cosmologist, and encyclopédiste.

His claim to fame in the world of mathematics stems from his thought experiment Buffon's Needle.

Nationality
French

History

 * Born: 7 September 1707 in Montbard, Côte d'Or, France
 * Died: 16 April 1788 in Paris, France

Theorems and Definitions

 * Buffon's Needle

Publications

 * 1749 -- 1788: Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière (36 volumes)
 * 1789: Histoire Naturelle, Générale et Particulière: Volume 37 (compiled posthumously from his notes)

Also known as
Usually referred to as Comte (or Count) (Georges) de Buffon.