Writer and Saloniere.
Noted French scientist Georges-Louis Lelerc de Buffon was a frequent guest to her salon. He died in 1788 and was buried initially in a chapel adjacent the church of Saint-Urse at Montbard, but during the French Revolution, his final resting place was violated. The lead from his coffin was used to produce bullets. His heart was saved and guarded by King Louis XVI's finance minister, Jacques Necker's wife Suzanne, but later lost in the confusion of war. Only the cerebellum of Buffon's brain survived this ordeal and was enclosed in the base of Buffon's statue at the French National Museum of Nature History in Paris. The statue was created by sculptor Pajou and was commissioned by Louis XVI.
(provided by contributor Linda Davis #46609907)
Noted French scientist Georges-Louis Lelerc de Buffon was a frequent guest to her salon. He died in 1788 and was buried initially in a chapel adjacent the church of Saint-Urse at Montbard, but during the French Revolution, his final resting place was violated. The lead from his coffin was used to produce bullets. His heart was saved and guarded by King Louis XVI's finance minister, Jacques Necker's wife Suzanne, but later lost in the confusion of war. Only the cerebellum of Buffon's brain survived this ordeal and was enclosed in the base of Buffon's statue at the French National Museum of Nature History in Paris. The statue was created by sculptor Pajou and was commissioned by Louis XVI.
(provided by contributor Linda Davis #46609907)
Writer and Saloniere.
Noted French scientist Georges-Louis Lelerc de Buffon was a frequent guest to her salon. He died in 1788 and was buried initially in a chapel adjacent the church of Saint-Urse at Montbard, but during the French Revolution, his final resting place was violated. The lead from his coffin was used to produce bullets. His heart was saved and guarded by King Louis XVI's finance minister, Jacques Necker's wife Suzanne, but later lost in the confusion of war. Only the cerebellum of Buffon's brain survived this ordeal and was enclosed in the base of Buffon's statue at the French National Museum of Nature History in Paris. The statue was created by sculptor Pajou and was commissioned by Louis XVI.
(provided by contributor Linda Davis #46609907)
Noted French scientist Georges-Louis Lelerc de Buffon was a frequent guest to her salon. He died in 1788 and was buried initially in a chapel adjacent the church of Saint-Urse at Montbard, but during the French Revolution, his final resting place was violated. The lead from his coffin was used to produce bullets. His heart was saved and guarded by King Louis XVI's finance minister, Jacques Necker's wife Suzanne, but later lost in the confusion of war. Only the cerebellum of Buffon's brain survived this ordeal and was enclosed in the base of Buffon's statue at the French National Museum of Nature History in Paris. The statue was created by sculptor Pajou and was commissioned by Louis XVI.
(provided by contributor Linda Davis #46609907)
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