Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck, often known simply as Lamarck, was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier. He was an early proponent of the idea that biological evolution occurred and proceeded in accordance with natural laws.
Lamarck by Charles Thévenin, c. 1802
Lamarck, late in life
Statue of Lamarck by Léon Fagel in the Jardin des Plantes, Paris
The Jardin des plantes, also known as the Jardin des plantes de Paris when distinguished from other jardins des plantes in other cities, is the main botanical garden in France. The term Jardin des plantes is the official name in the present day, but it is in fact an elliptical form of Jardin royal des plantes médicinales, which is related to the original purpose of the garden back in the 17th century.
The exterior of the Grande galerie de l'Évolution ('Gallery of Evolution'). Drawing plans by architect Louis-Jules André, 1889, when it still was named Galerie de Zoologie ('Gallery of Zoology').
Statue of Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon in the formal garden
The Sophora Jussieu, planted by Buffon in the garden in 1747
The Jardin des Plantes and Menagerie in 1842