Carolus Linnaeus

Carolus Linnaeus

male, deceased (1778)
Carl Linnaeus, Latinized as Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as, (May 23, 1707 – January 10, 1778), was a Swedish botanist, ph...
Asa Gray

Asa Gray

male, deceased (1888)
Asa Gray (November 18, 1810 - January 30,1888) is considered the most important American botanist of the 19th century. He was instrumental in...
John Ray

John Ray

male, deceased (1705)
John Ray (November 29, 1627 - January 17, 1705) was an English naturalist, sometimes referred to as the father of English natural history. Until...
Carl Woese

Carl Woese

male, 81 years old
Carl Richard Woese (born July 15 1928, Syracuse, New York) is an American microbiologist famous for defining the Archaea (a new domain or kingdom...

Michael S. Engel

male, 38 years old
Michael S. Engel (born 24 September 1971 in Creve Coeur, Missouri) is a paleontologist and entomologist. He has undertaken field work in Central...

Robert Whittaker

male, deceased (1980)
Robert Harding Whittaker (1920-1980) was an American vegetation ecologist, active in the 1950s through the 1970s. He was born in Wichita, Kansas,...
Jacques Gauthier

Jacques Gauthier

male
Jacques Gauthier is a vertebrate paleontologist and systematist, and one of the founders of the use of cladistics in paleontology. He received a BS...
Henry Gleason

Henry Gleason

male, deceased (1975)
Henry Allan Gleason (1882-1975) was a noted American ecologist, botanist, and taxonomist, most recognized for his endorsement of the...
Francis Willughby

Francis Willughby

male, deceased (1672)
Francis Willughby (November 22, 1635 – July 3, 1672) was an English ornithologist and ichthyologist. He was born at Middleton Hall, Warwickshire to...

Rolf Singer

male, deceased (1994)
Rolf Singer was a German-born mycologist and one of the most important taxonomists of gilled mushrooms (agarics) in the 20th century. He wrote...