DAUBENTON  , See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

LOUIS-See also:

• JEAN

JEAN-See also:

• MARIE

MARIE (1716-1800), See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French naturalist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at Montbar (Cote d'Or) on the 29th of May 1716 . His See also:

• FATHER

father, Jean Daubenton, a See also:

• NOTARY, or NOTARY PUBLIC

notary, destined him for the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church, and sent him to See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris to learn See also:

• THEOLOGY

theology, but the study of See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine was more to his See also:

• TASTE (from Lat. taxare, to touch sharply; tangere, to touch)

taste . The See also:

• DEATH

death of his father in 1736 set him See also:

• FREE

free to follow his own inclinations, and accordingly in 1741 he graduated in medicine at See also:

• REIMS
• REIMS (RHEIMS)

Reims, and returned to his native See also:

• TOWN

town with the intention .of practising as a physician . But about this See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time See also:

• BUFFON, GEORGE LOUIS LECLERC, COMTE DE (1707-1788)

Buffon, also a native of Montbar, had formed the See also:

• PLAN
• PLAN (from Lat. planes, flat)

plan of bringing out a See also:

• GRAND

grand See also:

• TREATISE

treatise on natural See also:

• HISTORY

history, and in 1742 he invited Daubenton to assist him by providing the anatomical descriptions for that See also:

• WORK

work . The characters of the two men were opposed in almost every respect . Buffon was violent and impatient; Daubenton, See also:

• GENTLE (through the Fr. gentil, from Lat. gentilis, belonging to the same gens, or family)

gentle and patient; Buffon was rash in his judgments, and imaginative, seeking rather to divine than to discover truths; Daubenton was cautious, and believed nothing he had not himself been able to see or ascertain . From nature each appeared to have received the qualities requisite to See also:

• TEMPER (from Lat. temperare, to mingle or compound in due proportion, to qualify, rule, regulate, to be moderate, formed from tempos, time, fit or due season)

temper those of the other; and a more suitable coadjutor than Daubenton it would have been difficult for Buffon to obtain . In the first See also:

• SECTION
• SECTION (Lat. sectio, cutting, secare, to cut)

section of the natural history Daubenton gave descriptions and details of the See also:

• DISSECTION (from Lat. dissecare, to cut apart)

dissection of 182 See also:

• SPECIES

species of quadrupeds, thus procuring for himself a high reputation, and exciting the envy of See also:

• REAUMUR, RENE ANTOINE FERCHAULT DE (1683-1757)

Reaumur, who considered himself as at the See also:

• HEAD (in 0. Eng. heafad; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch hoofd, Ger. Haupt, generally taken to be in origin connected with Lat. caput, Gr. KerbOvi7)
• HEAD, SIR EDMUND WALKER, BART
• HEAD, SIR FRANCIS BOND, BART

head of the learned in natural history in See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France . A feeling of See also:

• JEALOUSY (adapted from Fr. jalousie, formed from jaloux, jealous, Low Lat. zelosus, Gr. j'i os, ardour, zeal, from the root seen in '&u', to boil, ferment; cf. " yeast ")

jealousy induced Buffon to dispense with the services of Daubenton in the preparation of the subsequent parts of his work, which, as a consequence, lost much in precision and scientific value . Buffon afterwards perceived and acknowledged his See also:

• ERROR (Lat. error, from errare, to wander, to err)

error, and renewed his intimacy with his former See also:

• ASSOCIATE (Lat. associates, from ad, to, and sociare to join)

associate . The number of See also:

• DISSERTATIONS

dissertations on natural history which Daubenton published in the See also:

• MEMOIRS

memoirs of the French See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

Academy is very See also:

• GREAT

great . Zoological descriptions and dissections, the See also:

• COMPARATIVE

comparative See also:

• ANATOMY
• ANATOMY (Gr. avaroyil, from ava-silo c', to cut up)

anatomy of See also:

• RECENT

recent and fossil animals, See also:

• VEGETABLE

vegetable See also:

• PHYSIOLOGY (from Gr. 4 i s, nature, and koyos, discourse)

physiology, See also:

• MINERALOGY

mineralogy, experiments in See also:

• AGRICULTURE
• AGRICULTURE (from Lat. ages, field, and colere, to cultivate)
• AGRICULTURE, BOARD OF

agriculture, and the introduction of the See also:

• MERINO

merino See also:

• SHEEP
• SHEEP (from the Anglo-Saxon sceap, a word common in various forms to Teutonic languages; e.g. the German Schaf)

sheep into France gave active occupation to his energies; and the See also:

• CABINET

cabinet of natural history in Paris, of which in 1744 he was appointed keeper and demonstrator, was arranged and considerably enriched by him .

From 1775 Daubenton lectured on natural history in the See also:

• COLLEGE (Collegium)

college of medicine, and in 1783 on rural See also:

• ECONOMY

economy at the Alfort school . He was also See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of mineralogy at the Jardin du Roi . As a lecturer he was in high repute, and to the last retained his popularity . In See also:

• DECEMBER (Lat. decent, ten)

December 1799 he was appointed a member of the See also:

• SENATE (Lat. senatus, from root sen-, as in senex, old; the root is the Sanskrit sana, cf. Gr. 'vos; the same element appears in senor, seigneur, seneschal)

senate, but at the first See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting which he attended he See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell from his seat in an apoplectic See also:

• FIT

fit, and after a See also:

• SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short illness died at Paris on the 1st of See also:

• JANUARY

January 1800 .