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Definition of Chevalier de lamarck
1. Noun. French naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of acquired characteristics (1744-1829).
Generic synonyms: Natural Scientist, Naturalist
Derivative terms: Lamarckian
Lexicographical Neighbors of Chevalier De Lamarck
Literary usage of Chevalier de lamarck
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Popular Science Monthly (1901)
"Jean-Baptiste-Pierre-Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de Lamarck was born August 1,
1744, at Bazentin-le-Petit, Department of the Somme, near Longueval. ..."
2. Lamarck, the Founder of Evolution: His Life and Work by Alpheus Spring Packard (1901)
"The family of Lamarck, as stated by H. Masson,* notwithstanding his northern and
almost Germanic name of Chevalier de Lamarck, originated in the southwest ..."
3. The Library of Original Sources: Ideas that Have Influenced Civilization, in edited by Oliver Joseph Thatcher (1915)
"LAMARCK JEAN BAPTISTE PIERRE ANTOINE DE MONET, chevalier de lamarck, was born at
Bazentin, France, August 1, 1744. He was educated at the college of the ..."
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