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1744 – 1829Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744-1829)Died 18 December 1829, aged 85Lamarck was a French naturalist who developed an early comprehensive theory of biological evolution, proposing that organisms could pass acquired traits to their offspring. Though his specific mechanism was later superseded by Darwinian natural selection, he coined the term "biology" and classified invertebrates extensively. He died in poverty and blindness in Paris.