Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Suzanne Curchod, better known as Mme. Necker was the daughter of the pastor of Crassier. Her husband was a wealthy banker of Prussian origins, and her salon in Paris was famous before the French Revolution. Among the regular visitors were Jean-François Marmontel, Jean-François de La Harpe, Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon, Gabriel Bonnot de Mably, Bernardin de Saint-Pierre and the compilers of the Encyclopédie including Diderot and Jean le Rond d'Alembert.