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Born 1509 • France
Died 1590 (aged 81) • Paris • France
Notable Works “Admirable Discourses”
Movement / Style rustic ware

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Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
French naturalist
Jeanne Villepreux-Power
French-born naturalist
Alexandre Brongniart, plaster medallion by David d'Angers
Alexandre Brongniart
French geologist
François Boucher: Cupid a Captive
François Boucher
French artist
Raoul Dufy
French painter
Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède
French naturalist and politician
Belon, detail from an engraving
Pierre Belon
French naturalist
Daubenton, detail of a bust by an unknown artist
Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton
French naturalist
Félix-Archimède Pouchet
French naturalist
Antoine-Alfred Marche
French naturalist
Enoch Wood
English potter
Ralph Wood, Sr.
English potter
Ralph Wood, Jr.
English potter
Elers, John Philip
English potter
Aaron Wood
English potter
Sakaida Kakiemon I
Japanese potter
Amos Eaton
American botanist, geologist, and lawyer
David Elers
English potter
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso
Spanish artist

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