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Born September 28, 1854 • Norwich • England
Died February 27, 1913 (aged 58) • London • England
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Charles Darwin
British naturalist
Sir Gavin de Beer
British zoologist
G. Evelyn Hutchinson
American biologist
Lankester, Edwin Ray
Sir Edwin Ray Lankester
British zoologist
John Gould
British ornithologist
Sir John Graham Kerr
British biologist
Sir James Gray
British zoologist
Flower, 1883
Sir William Henry Flower
British zoologist
Charles Valentine Riley
American entomologist
Reginald Innes Pocock
English zoologist
Aristotle
Aristotle
Greek philosopher
E.O. Wilson
E.O. Wilson
American biologist
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Thomas Hunt Morgan
American biologist
Georges Cuvier
Georges Cuvier
French zoologist
Lancelot Thomas Hogben
English scientist
Dana, James D.
James D. Dana
American geologist and mineralogist
Johannes Müller
German physiologist
Konrad Lorenz
Konrad Lorenz
Austrian zoologist
Richard Dawkins
Richard Dawkins
British biologist and writer
Ernst Haeckel
Ernst Haeckel
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