Jennifer Ebeling · @GardenerPodcast
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#December 18, 1829
#OTD Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, #French #Naturalist, #Biologist, & #Academic, died #Lonely, #Blind, & #Impoverished in #Paris.
Regarded as the #Father of #Evolutionary #Theory, he paved the way for #Darwin.
He was an early thinker on #ContinentalDrift.
As a #Botanist at the Royal #Botanical #Garden & #Herbarium, he #Ingeniously saved the garden during the #French #Revolution by #Quietly renaming it w/ a #Humble #Sign that simply read The Garden of #Plants.
#December #otd #French #naturalist #biologist #academic #lonely #blind #impoverished #paris #father #evolutionary #theory #Darwin #continentaldrift #botanist #botanical #garden #herbarium #ingeniously #revolution #quietly #Humble #sign #plants #royal #omitted