Georges-Louis Leclerc, comte de Buffon (1707-1788) was a naturalist, mathematician, biologist, cosmologist, philosopher and writer who influenced Lamarck and Darwin, and was called 'the Pliny of Montbard'. His Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière (1749-1804), in 44 volumes (eight posthumous) is one of the most important scientific works of the time. The Parc Buffon, which is linked to a former castle owned by the Dukes of Burgundy, was built by Buffon between 1733 and 1742. The park contains Buffon's Cabinet de travail, where he spent many hours writing his huge work.
The two towers, Aubespin and Saint-Louis, are part of the remains of the castle and date from the 14th century, although Buffon rebuilt the Tour de Saint-Louis as a summer study first and then as a laboratory and library. L’église Saint-Urse is also a vestige of the old castle, and Buffon is buried in a chapel in it.
Louis Jean-Marie Daubenton (1716-1799) was born in Montbard and was Buffon's colleague: the first fifteen volumes of L’Histoire Naturelle names Daubenton as a 'co-author'.
The museum was unfortunately closed at the time we went.
Buffon's cabinet de travail, with plaque above noting Jean-Jacques Roussean's visit here.
La Tour de l'Aubespin.
La Tour de Saint-Louis.
The monument to Louis Jean-Marie Daubenton.
L’église Saint-Urse.
And the chapel where Buffon's remains lie.
The two towers, Aubespin and Saint-Louis, are part of the remains of the castle and date from the 14th century, although Buffon rebuilt the Tour de Saint-Louis as a summer study first and then as a laboratory and library. L’église Saint-Urse is also a vestige of the old castle, and Buffon is buried in a chapel in it.
Louis Jean-Marie Daubenton (1716-1799) was born in Montbard and was Buffon's colleague: the first fifteen volumes of L’Histoire Naturelle names Daubenton as a 'co-author'.
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