E. O. Wilson

E. O. Wilson

male, 80 years old
Edward Osborne Wilson (born June 10, 1929) is an American biologist (Myrmecology, a branch of entomology), researcher (sociobiology, biodiversity),...
May Berenbaum

May Berenbaum

female
May Berenbaum graduated summa cum laude, with a B.S. degree and honors in biology, from Yale University in 1975; she attended graduate school at...
Walter Reed

Walter Reed

male, deceased (1902)
Major Walter Reed, M.D., (September 13 1851 - November 23 1902) was a U.S. Army physician who in 1900 led the team which confirmed the theory...
Thomas Say

Thomas Say

male, deceased (1834)
Thomas Say (June 27, 1787 - October 10, 1834) was an American naturalist, entomologist, malacologist and carcinologist. He was a taxonomist and is...
Jean Henri Fabre

Jean Henri Fabre

male, deceased (1915)
Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre was a French entomologist and author. Fabre was born in St. Léons in Aveyron, France. Fabre was largely an autodidact, o...
Alfred Kinsey

Alfred Kinsey

male, deceased (1956)
Alfred Charles Kinsey (June 23, 1894 - August 25, 1956), was an American biologist and professor of entomology and zoology who in 1947 founded the...
Willi Hennig

Willi Hennig

male, deceased (1976)
Emil Hans Willi Hennig was a German biologist who is considered the founder of phylogenetic systematics, also known as "cladistics". With his works...
Maria Sibylla Merian

Maria Sibylla Merian

female, deceased (1717)
Anna Maria Sibylla Merian (born April 2, 1647 in Frankfurt - died January 13, 1717 in Amsterdam) was a naturalist and scientific illustrator who...
John Scott

John Scott

male, deceased (1888)
John Scott (September 21 1823 - August 30 1888) was an English entomologist. He was born, and died, in Morpeth. His collection of specimens is held...
Vladimir Nabokov

Vladimir Nabokov

male, deceased (1977)
Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov was a Russian-American author. Nabokov wrote his first literary works in Russian, but rose to international...