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Born April 20, 1913 • Germany
Died November 5, 1976 (aged 63) • Ludwigsburg • Germany
Notable Works “Larvenformen der Dipteren”
Subjects Of Study phylogeny • taxonomy
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Johannes Müller
German physiologist
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
Georges Cuvier
Georges Cuvier
French zoologist
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Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
French naturalist
David Starr Jordan
David Starr Jordan
American ichthyologist, educator, and eugenicist
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Mary Jane Rathbun
American marine zoologist
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Félix Dujardin
French biologist
Latreille, detail of an engraving after a portrait, 1823
Pierre-André Latreille
French zoologist
Johann Christian Fabricius, engraving by G.L. Lahde, 1805
Johann Christian Fabricius
Danish entomologist
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Charles Atwood Kofoid
American zoologist
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Elliott Coues
American ornithologist
Ferdinand Cohn
Ferdinand Cohn
German botanist
Ernst Haeckel
Ernst Haeckel
German embryologist
Steller's sea cow
Georg W. Steller
zoologist and botanist
Mayr, Ernst
Ernst Mayr
American biologist
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Richard B. Goldschmidt
German-born American zoologist
Engler
Adolf Engler
German botanist
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Karl August Möbius
German zoologist
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August Wilhelm Eichler
German botanist
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Wilhelm Roux
German zoologist

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