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Mathurin Jacques Brisson

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Image:Brisson Mathurin Jacques 1723-1806.png thumb|220px|right|Mathurin Jacques Brisson '''Mathurin Jacques Brisson''' (April 30, 1723 – June 23, 1806) was a France French zoologist and natural philosophy natural philosopher. Brisson was born at Fontenay-le-Comte. The earlier part of his life was spent in the pursuit of natural history, his published works in this department including ''Le Règne animal'' (1756) and ''Ornithologie'' (1760). After the death of Rene Antoine Ferchault de Reaumur R. A. F. Reaumur, whose assistant he was, he abandoned natural history, and was appointed professor of natural philosophy at Navarre and later at Paris. His most important work in this department was his ''Pesanteur Spécifique des Corps'' (1787), but he published several other books on physical subjects which were in considerable repute for a time. He died at Croissy near Paris.

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