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MATHURIN JACQUES See also:BRISSON (1723-1806) , See also:French zoologist and natural philosopher, was See also:born at Fontenay le See also:Comte on the 30th of See also:April 1723 . The earlier See also:part of his See also:life was spent in the pursuit of natural See also:history, his published See also:works in this See also:department including Le Reggae See also:animal (1756) and Ornithologie (176o) . After the See also:death of R . A . F . See also:Reaumur (1683-1757), whose assistant he was, he abandoned natural history, and was appointed See also:professor of natural See also:philosophy at See also:Navarre and later at See also:Paris . His most important See also:work in this department was his Poids specifaques See also:des See also:corps (1787), but he published several other books on See also:physical subjects which were in considerable repute for a See also:time . He died at Croissy near Paris, on the 23rd of See also:June 1806 . |
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