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Born March 14, 1876 • Russia
Died December 24, 1950 (aged 74) • Russia
Subjects Of Study fish • freshwater
Louis Agassiz
Louis Agassiz
Swiss-born American naturalist, geologist, and teacher
Eugenie Clark
Eugenie Clark
American ichthyologist
David Starr Jordan
David Starr Jordan
American ichthyologist, educator, and eugenicist
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G. Evelyn Hutchinson
American biologist
Rafinesque, Constantine Samuel
Constantine Samuel Rafinesque
Turkish naturalist
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Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède
French naturalist and politician
Élie Metchnikoff
Élie Metchnikoff
Russian-born biologist
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Ilya Ivanovich Ivanov
Soviet biologist
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Antoine-Thomson d’Abbadie
French geographer
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Arnaud-Michel d’Abbadie
French geographer
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Eduard Brückner
Austrian geographer and climatologist
Marble bust of Aristotle with a beard and draped robe, showing detailed facial features and wavy hair, set against a dark background.
Aristotle
Greek philosopher
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
Alexander von Humboldt
Alexander von Humboldt
German explorer and naturalist
Engraving of six astronomers, with Hipparchus seated at center and, from left to right, Galileo, Johannes Hevelius, Tycho Brahe, Nicolaus Copernicus, and Ptolemy standing, each holding scientific instruments.
Hipparchus
Greek astronomer
Al-Bīrūnī, Afghan commemorative stamp, 1973.
al-Bīrūnī
Persian scholar and scientist
E.O. Wilson
E.O. Wilson
American biologist
Strabo
Strabo
Greek geographer and historian
How did Ptolemy explain retrograde motion?
Ptolemy
Egyptian astronomer, mathematician, and geographer
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Thomas Hunt Morgan
American biologist

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