Jean-Baptiste Lislet-Geoffrey was an important figure in the history of science and a trailblazer in the French Academy of Sciences. On August 23, 1786, he became the first Black correspondent to be elected by the Academy. Lislet-Geoffrey was born in Réunion, a French island in the Indian Ocean, and he made significant contributions to the fields of geography and natural history. His election was a major achievement, as it challenged racial barriers in the scientific community at the time. His work focused on the geography of the Indian Ocean, and he played a key role in the scientific exploration of the region.
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