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Agassiz,
Louis (1807-1873) US systematist and paleontologist and long time
opponent of Darwin's theory of evolution
Agricola,
Georgius (1494-1555) a founder of paleontology in Renaissance period
Alexander,
Annie Montague palaeontologist and benefactress of the University of
Califormia Museum of Paleontology (UCMP)
American
Museum of Natural History: Personalities in Paleontology
Anning, Mary
(1799-1847) English fossil hunter who helped to discover the first
specimen of Ichthyosaurus
Aristotle
(384-322 BC) Greek scientist
Bartram,
William (1739-1823) America’s first native born naturalist/artist,
site provides online versions of his classic works, as well as lists and
descriptions of plants, birds, amphibians and mammals first observed and
described by William Bartram
Berry, S.
Stillman (1887- ) an American biologist whose life work consisted of
the study of mollusks, flowers, and California natural history
Biographical
Etymology of Marine Organism Names (BEMON) short biographies of
taxonomists who have described one or more scientific names of marine
organisms and other persons with their names in scientific names of marine
organisms
Carson, Rachel
(1907-1964) American writer, marine biologist and author of Silent
Spring
Clapp, Cornelia
(1849-1934) American zoologist and marine biologist
Colborn, Theo
(1927- ) zoologist, senior scientist, and director of the Wildlife and
Contaminants project at the World Wildlife Fund
Compendium
of Plankton Researcher Homepages Plankton Net
Cope, Edward
Drinker (1840-1897) an American paleontologist and evolutionist and
one of the founders of the Neo- Lamarckism
Cuvier, Georges
(1969-1832) zoologist, palaeontologist and science historian
Darwin, Charles Robert (1809-1882) British scientist who laid the foundation of modern evolutionary theory
Earle,
Sylvia A. a marine biologist, ocean explorer, author, lecturer,
Chairman of Deep Ocean Exploration and Research, spokesperson for Sea Web
and the first woman to serve as the Chief Scientist of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Eiganmann, Rosa
Smith (1858-1947) American naturalist reputed to be the first woman
ichthyologist of any accomplishments
Etienne,
Geoffroy St. Hilaire evolution theorist
Famous
Invertebrate Zoologists
Famous
Malacologists past workers in the fields of Conchology and Malacology
Fossey, Dian
(1932-1985) American zoologist, best known for her field studies of
wild gorillas in the Virunga Mountains of Rwanda and Zaire
Gilbert, Charles Henry (1859-1928) pioneer ichthyologist of particular significance to natural history of the western United States
Haeckel,
Ernst (1834-1919) German systematist and evolutionist, best known for
the statement 'ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny'
Harvey, Ethel Browne
(1885-1965) American marine biologist
Hennig, Willi
(1913-1976) German zoologist recognized as the leading proponent of
cladistics
Hill,
Dorothy (1907-1997) Australian invertebrate palaeontologist with
particular interest in fossil corals and the stratigraphy and geology of
Queensland
Huff,
William Gordon animal sculptor, Berkeley CA
Huxley, Thomas
Henry (1825-1895) English zoologist and paleontologist and follower of
Darwin's theory
Hyde, Ida H. (1857-1945)
first woman to matriculate for a higher degree in a German university,
zoologist important for work on embryology of the Scyphomedusae
Kettlewell, Henry Bernard Davis (1907-1979) medical practitioner, lepidopterist and geneticist
Lamarck,
Jean-Baptiste (1744-1829) evolution theorist
Leidy, Joseph (1823-91)
life and work of a pioneering paleontologist
Lesueur,
Charles Alexandre (1778-1846) Naturalist, Malacologist, Ichthyologist,
Artist, Teacher and Curator of the Academy of Natural Science,
Philadelphia after 1816
Leuckart, Rudolph (1822-1898)
zoologist and parasitologist (incl. images)
Linnaeus,
Carl his life and work, The Linnean Society of London
Linnaeus,
Carolus
Linnaeus,
Carolus (1707-1778) Swedish botanist and originator of Linnaean system
of binomial nomenclature
Merian,
Maria Sibylla (1647-1717) German artist and naturalist
Merriam, John
C. (1869-1945) US paleontologist and evolution theorist
Nice, Margaret Morse (1883-1974) American ornithologist and evironmentalist
Owen, Richard (1804-1892) comparative anatomist who gave us many of the terms still used today in anatomy and evolutionary biology, including 'homology', he was also a taxonomist, naming, among other groups, the Dinosauria
Pasteur,
Louis (1822-1895) greatest biologist of the nineteenth century who
discovered the germ theory of disease
Patch, Edith
Marion (1876-1954) American entomologist and recognized authority on
aphids
Ray, John (1628-1705) English naturalist, philosopher and theologian, considered to be the father of natural history in Britain
Sars,
Michael (1809-1869) Norwegian invertebrate zoologist
Say,
Thomas (1787- 1834) Pharmacist; Naturalist, Conchologist. Co-Founder
of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia
Sedgwick,
Adam (1785-1873) geologist and paleontologist
Smith,
Sir James Edward (1759-1828) first President and founder of the
Linnean Society
St. Hilaire,
Étienne Geoffroy (1772-1844) French naturalist and morphologist who
introduced the concept of homology
Stimpson,
William (1832-1872) Naturalist, Malacologist and Director of the
Chicago Academy of Science 1865-71
Swainson, William
(1789- ) naturalist, author and illustrator
van
Leeuwenhoek, Antony (1632-1723)
Villepreux-Power,
Jeanne (1794-1871) naturalist and marine biologist
von Bingen,
Hildegard (1098-1179) credited as being the first woman entomologist,
who wrote a scientific treatment of fleas and lice
von Uexkuell, Jakob Johann
(1864-1944) Estonian zoologist
Walcott,
Charles D. (1850-1927) US paleontologist who found the Middle Cambrian
Burgess Shale and its incredible biota, without formal scientific training
he became an outstanding scientist, member and president of the national
Academy of Science, director of the Geological Survey, and secretary of
the Smithsonian Institution
Wallace,
Alfred Russel (1823-1913) Yahoo! Science:Biology:Evolution
Wallace, Alfred Russel
(1823-1913) dedicated to the life and work of the English naturalist,
evolutionist, and social critic
Dictionary
of Scientific Quotations
People and
Discoveries: Earth and Life Science
Aristotle Beadle, George Boyer, Herbert Carver, George W. Cech, Tom Crick, Francis Cuvier, Georges Darlington, Cyril D. Darwin, Charles Dobzhansky, Theodosius Ehrlich, Paul Elion, Gertrude B. Fabricius, Johann Fischer, Emil Fleming, Alexander Franklin, Rosalind Frisch, Karl von |
Galvani, Luigi Gould, Stephen J. Hamilton, William D. Harvey, William Hershey, Alfred D. Hyman, Libbie Jacob, Francois Koch, Robert Krebs, Hans Landsteiner, Karl Leakey, Mary Levi-Montalcini, Rita Linnaeus, Carolus Lister, Joseph Lorenz, Konrad Lyon, Mary Malpighi, Marcello |
McClintock, Barbara Mendel, Gregor Mitchell, Peter Monod, Jacques Montagnier, Luc Morgan, Thomas H. Mullis, Kary Pasteur, Louis Schleiden, Matthias J. Schwann. Theodor Simpson, George G. Tinbergen, Nikolaas Vesalius, Andreas Waksman,Selman A. Watson, James Wilson, Edward B. Wilson, Edward O. Yalow, Rosalind |