Mathurin Jacques Brisson

Mathurin Jacques Brisson (April 30, 1723 – June 23, 1806) was a French zoologist and natural philosopher. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... is the 120th day of the year (121st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Events February 16 - Louis XV of France attains his majority Births February 24 - John Burgoyne, British general (d. ... is the 174th day of the year (175th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1806 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Zoology (Greek zoon = animal and logos = word) is the biological discipline which involves the study of animals. ... Natural philosophy or the philosophy of nature, known in Latin as philosophia naturalis, is a term applied to the objective study of nature and the physical universe that was regnant before the development of modern science. ...

Brisson was born at Fontenay-le-Comte. The earlier part of his life was spent in the pursuit of natural history, his published works in this department including Le Règne animal (1756) and Ornithologie (1760). In 1759, he became a member of the French Academy of Sciences. Fontenay-le-Comte is a commune of western France. ... Table of natural history, 1728 Cyclopaedia Natural history is an umbrella term for what are now often viewed as several distinct scientific disciplines of integrative organismal biology. ... 1756 was a leap year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1760 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Louis XIV visiting the Académie in 1671 The French Academy of Sciences (Académie des sciences) is a learned society, founded in 1666 by Louis XIV at the suggestion of Jean-Baptiste Colbert, to encourage and protect the spirit of French scientific research. ...

After the death of R. A. F. Reaumur, whose assistant he was, he abandoned natural history, and was appointed professor of natural philosophy at Navarre and later at Paris. His most important work in this department was his Pesanteur Spécifique des Corps (1787), but he published several other books on physical subjects which were in considerable repute for a time. René Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur. ... “Navarra” redirects here. ... This article is about the capital of France. ... Year 1787 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...

He died at Croissy near Paris. Croissy is part of the name of several communes of France: Croissy-Beaubourg, in the Seine-et-Marne département Croissy-sur-Seine, in the Yvelines département This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...

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• This article incorporates text from the Encyclopædia Britannica Eleventh Edition, a publication now in the public domain.