Jean-Baptiste de Secondat baron de La Brède (12 February 1716 – 17 June 1796) was an 18th-century French naturalist botanist, and agronomist. He was the eldest son of Charles de Secondat Montesquieu, Baron de La Brède (1689–1755) and Jeanne Catherine de Lartigue (1689–1770).

Some publications

Books

* 1749: ''Considérations sur le commerce et la navigation de la Grande-Bretagne'', by Joshua Gee, translated from English

Honors

Eponimous

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References

External links

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Biography

Éloges de Montesquieu par Jean-Baptiste de Secondat et D’Alembert

Genealogy
{{DEFAULTSORT:Secondat, Jean Baptiste de 18th-century French botanists French agronomists Montesquieu English–French translators 18th-century French historians 1716 births 1796 deaths