Jean Baptiste Antoine Pierre de Monnet de Lamarck
(1744–1829)

French naturalist, early proponent of evolution

Jean Baptiste Antoine Pierre de Monnet de Lamarck

Works edit

Only English works (original and translated) are listed here. The vast majority of Lamarck's works were written in French; for French works, see Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck on the French Wiki Drive, or the bibliography of Lamarck at http://www.lamarck.cnrs.fr.

  • "Sensibility of plants" in Tilloch Philosophical Magazine 1 (1798): 305–306.
  • Children, J. G. (1822–1823) "Lamarck's genera of Shells, translated from the Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres" in The quarterly journal of science, literature and arts 27: 64–86; 28: 298–322; 29: 23–52; 30: 216–258; 31: 49–79; 32: 241–264.
  • Dubois, Charles (1825) An epitome of Lamarck’s arrangement of Testacea: being a free translation of that part of his work, de l’Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres, with illustrative observations and comparative and synoptic tables of the system of Lynnæus and Lamarck.
  • Crouch, E. A. (1827), An illustrated introduction to Lamarck’s conchology, contained in his Histoire naturelle des animaux sans vertèbres; being a literal translation of the descriptions of the recent and fossil genera, accompanied by 22 lithographic plates. (external scan)
  • Gould, A. A. (1833), Lamarck's genera of Shells: with a catalogue of species. (external scan)
  • Zoological philosophy; 1914 (external scan)

Works about Lamark edit

  • Lamarck, French Naturalist, Is Dead!, London News 22 Dec, 1829
  • Foreign butterflies by James Duncan, 1804-1861; Sir William Jardine, 1800-1874. Contains chapter of biography of Lamark. (1858)(external scan)
  • Lamarck, the founder of evolution; his life and work by Alpheus Spring Packard, 1839-1905 (1901) (external scan)


Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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