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- NAME: Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton
- OCCUPATION: Botanist, Zoologist
- BIRTH DATE: May 29, 1716
- DEATH DATE: January 01, 1800
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Montbard, France
- PLACE OF DEATH: Paris, France
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Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton was a French naturalist who introduced Merino sheep to France.
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Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton was a French naturalist. A prolific scientist, he completed many zoological descriptions and dissections and undertook productive studies in the comparative anatomy of recent and fossil animals, plant physiology and mineralogy. He also introduced Merino sheep to France.
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