Count of Lacepede (1756-1825),French naturalist,with Napoleon I (or Bonaparte),Emperor of France (1796-1821,ruled as Emperor from 1804-1814). The Count of Lacepede (Bernard Germain Etienne de la Ville) was a renowned naturalist who continued the work started by Buffon,publishing many volumes of natural history between 1788 and 1804. After this date,he was mainly occupied as a politician. He became a minister of state in 1804,and was made a peer of France in 1819. He also wrote treatises on music,physics,electricity and history. This is a French artwork from the early 20th century |