What is Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck?
{{Infobox Scientist |name = Jean-Baptiste Lamarck |image = Jean-baptiste lamarck2.jpg |caption = Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck |birth_date = {{birth date|1744|8|1|mf=y}} |birth_place = Bazentin, [[Picardie]] |death_date = {{death date and age|1829|12|18|1744|8|1|mf=y}} |death_place = [[Paris]] |residence = |citizenship = |nationality = [[France|French]] |ethnicity = |work_institutions = French Academy of Sciences; Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle; Jardin des Plantes |alma_mater = |doctoral_advisor = |doctoral_students = |known_for = [[Evolution]]; [[inheritance of acquired characters]]. Influenced [[Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire|Geoffroy]] |author_abbrev_bot = |author_abbrev_zoo = |influences = |influenced = |prizes = |religion = |footnotes = |signature = }} '''Jean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, Chevalier de la Marck''', usually known as ''Lamarck'', (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829) was a [[France|French]] [[soldier]], [[natural history|naturalist]] and member of the [[French Academy of Sciences|French Academy]]. He was one of the first people to suggest that organisms changed in accordance with [[Naturalism (philosophy)|natural laws]]. This is known as [[evolution]]. == Life == Jean-Baptiste was the 11th child of Philippe Jacques de Monet de La Marck and Marie-Françoise de Fontaine de Chuignolles. His parents were [[nobility|nobles]], but they were not well-off. His parents wanted him to become a [[priest]]. Starting at age eleven, he attended a [[Jesuit]] school in [[Amiens]]. After his father's death in 1759, Jean-Baptiste joined the [[army]]. slay. Lamarck fought in the [[Seven Years' War|Pomeranian War]] with [[Prussia]], and was awarded a medal for bravery on the battlefield.<ref>{{cite book |last=Damkaer |first=David M. |title= The Copepodologist's Cabinet: A biographical and bibliographical bistory|url=https://archive.org/