Ask the Author: Jason Roberts
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Jason Roberts
Thank YOU for picking nits! I want my work to be as accurate as possible, but errors have their way of creeping in. This one is flagged for corrections in future printings. If you (or anyone else) find other ones, please let me know.
As for the definition of “panther”: yeah, that goes to the heart of the problem with nomenclature. Just because something goes by a distinct name, doesn’t mean it’s the same species.
As for the definition of “panther”: yeah, that goes to the heart of the problem with nomenclature. Just because something goes by a distinct name, doesn’t mean it’s the same species.
Jason Roberts
Thanks for asking! It would be lovely if other researches could unearth more details in the life of Lucas, Buffon’s unacknowledged son. But as far as I could determine, he quietly faded from the scene after Buffon’s death. Which was probably a wise choice, given the tumult of the French Revolution.
As for Buffonet: no, no recognized offspring. The family inheritance (such as it was after the Revolution) appears to have passed primarily to Buffon’s great-nephew Benjamin Nadault de Buffon, whose grandmother Antoinette was Buffon’s sister. Benjamin’s son Henri Nadault de Buffon became an historian, and his compilation of family accounts became an important source of insight into his great-great-uncle’s life.
As for Buffonet: no, no recognized offspring. The family inheritance (such as it was after the Revolution) appears to have passed primarily to Buffon’s great-nephew Benjamin Nadault de Buffon, whose grandmother Antoinette was Buffon’s sister. Benjamin’s son Henri Nadault de Buffon became an historian, and his compilation of family accounts became an important source of insight into his great-great-uncle’s life.
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