Belinda Jonak
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Jason Roberts:
Did Buffon's unacknowledged son Lucas have any children? Buffonet left no known offspring?
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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Belinda Jonak
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Jason Roberts:
Picking nits: pg. 165, paragraph 2- Acer is the genus of maples not oaks. How you do you define "panther"? Jefferson's panther skin had to be a cougar aka puma, painter, mountain lion, etc. Their "size matters" difference of opinion does seem silly by modern standards.
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