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Born January 7, 1745 • Tønder • Denmark
Died March 3, 1808 (aged 63) • Kiel • Germany
Subjects Of Study insect • mouth • speciation • taxonomy

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Johann Christian Fabricius, engraving by G.L. Lahde, 1805
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Leland Ossian Howard
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William Morton Wheeler
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Charles Valentine Riley
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Réaumur, detail of an engraving by J. Blanchon
René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur
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Say, Thomas
Thomas Say
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Latreille, detail of an engraving after a portrait, 1823
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John Henry Comstock
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Charles De Geer
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Edward Fred Knipling
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Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
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Georges Cuvier
Georges Cuvier
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Johannes Müller
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Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
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Anna Botsford Comstock.
Anna Botsford Comstock
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Sir Vincent Wigglesworth
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David Starr Jordan
David Starr Jordan
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Willi Hennig
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Bates, H.W.
H.W. Bates
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Mary Jane Rathbun
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Félix Dujardin
French biologist

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