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Born March 19, 1865 • Milwaukee • Wisconsin
Died April 19, 1937 (aged 72) • Cambridge • Massachusetts
Subjects Of Study ant • insect • social insect
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Réaumur, detail of an engraving by J. Blanchon
René-Antoine Ferchault de Réaumur
French entomologist
Johann Christian Fabricius, engraving by G.L. Lahde, 1805
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Louis Agassiz
Swiss-born American naturalist, geologist, and teacher
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James D. Dana
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Charles Henry Turner.
Charles Henry Turner
American scientist
John James Audubon
John James Audubon
ornithologist, artist, and naturalist
Anna Botsford Comstock.
Anna Botsford Comstock
American illustrator and writer
David Starr Jordan
David Starr Jordan
American ichthyologist, educator, and eugenicist
Alexander Wilson, detail of an engraving by W.H. Lizars
Alexander Wilson
Scottish ornithologist
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Say, Thomas
Thomas Say
American naturalist
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Libbie Henrietta Hyman
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John Henry Comstock
American entomologist
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Elliott Coues
American ornithologist
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Marston Bates
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Johannes Müller
German physiologist
Conrad Gesner.
Conrad Gesner
Swiss physician and naturalist

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