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Facts

Born 1517 • France
Died April 1564 (aged 47) • Paris • France
Notable Works “L’Histoire de la nature des oyseaux” • “Les Observations de plusieurs singularitez et choses mémorables…”
Subjects Of Study bird • dolphin • embryo • skeleton • human being

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Belon, detail from an engraving
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Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
French naturalist
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
William Brooks
William Keith Brooks
American zoologist
Lyonnet, detail of an oil painting by Hendrik van Limborch, 1742; in a private collection
Pierre Lyonnet
Dutch naturalist and engraver
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Félix-Archimède Pouchet
French naturalist
British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace
British naturalist
Andreas Vesalius
Andreas Vesalius
Belgian physician
Conrad Gesner.
Conrad Gesner
Swiss physician and naturalist
Hwang Woo Suk and Gerald Schatten
Hwang Woo-Suk
South Korean scientist
Sloane, detail of an oil painting by S. Slaughter, 1736; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Hans Sloane, Baronet
British physician
John James Audubon
John James Audubon
ornithologist, artist, and naturalist
Ohsumi, Yoshinori
Yoshinori Ohsumi
Japanese biologist
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Moon Shin Yong
South Korean obstetrician
Julian Huxley
Sir Julian Huxley
British biologist
Mayr, Ernst
Ernst Mayr
American biologist
Swammerdam, Jan
Jan Swammerdam
Dutch naturalist
Sir Joseph Banks, engraving by Ridley, 1802
Sir Joseph Banks
British naturalist
Aldrovandi, Ulisse
Ulisse Aldrovandi
Italian naturalist
Baird, Spencer Fullerton
Spencer Fullerton Baird
American naturalist
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Herophilus
Alexandrian physician

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