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Facts

Born January 26, 1884 • Beloit • Wisconsin
Died March 11, 1960 (aged 76) • Carmel • California
Subjects Of Study Indricotherium • cetacean • whale

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Roy Chapman Andrews
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Carl E. Akeley
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Charles Darwin
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British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace
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John Ray, detail of an oil painting; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
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Sir Joseph Banks, engraving by Ridley, 1802
Sir Joseph Banks
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James D. Dana
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Ynes Enriquetta Julietta Mexia
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Jonathan Carver
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William Beebe
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Alexander von Humboldt
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Marco Polo
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Sir Richard Burton
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John Smith
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