Pierre Daubenton

Pierre Daubenton (10 April 1703 – 14 September 1776) was an 18th-century French lawyer, politician, author and Encyclopédiste.

Life
He was the son of Jean Daubenton (1669–1736) and Marie Pichenot (* ca. 1680). The naturalist Louis Jean-Marie Daubenton (1716–1800) was his brother. In his hometown Montbard he was first a lawyer at the local court, and later mayor, garrison commander, Lieutenant of Police and officer of the local army. Very interested in natural history subjects, Pierre daubenton contributed the Encyclopédie by Diderot many articles on topics related to botany and zoology and also on agricultural issues.

On 22 October 1737, he married Bernarde Amyot who gave birth to a son, Georges Louis Daubenton (1739–1785).