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Also Known As Jacques-Yves Cousteau
Born June 11, 1910 • France
Died June 25, 1997 (aged 87) • Paris • France
Notable Works “The Silent World”
Subjects Of Study ocean • “Becoming Cousteau”

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C. Wyville Thomson, 1877.
Sir C. Wyville Thomson
Scottish naturalist
Joseph de Jussieu
French botanist
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
Alexander von Humboldt
Alexander von Humboldt
German explorer and naturalist
British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace
British naturalist
Dana, James D.
James D. Dana
American geologist and mineralogist
Karl Ernst, Ritter von Baer
Karl Ernst von Baer
Prussian-Estonian embryologist
John Ray, detail of an oil painting; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
John Ray
English naturalist
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker.
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
British botanist
Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
German biologist
Roy Chapman Andrews
Roy Chapman Andrews
American naturalist
Sir Joseph Banks, engraving by Ridley, 1802
Sir Joseph Banks
British naturalist
Georg August Schweinfurth, detail from an engraving by A. Weger, after a photograph.
Georg August Schweinfurth
German botanist
Murray, Sir John
Sir John Murray
Scottish Canadian oceanographer
Bates, H.W.
H.W. Bates
British naturalist and explorer
Newton, Alfred
Alfred Newton
British zoologist
Anders Celsius, detail from a drawing by an unknown artist, 18th century.
Anders Celsius
Swedish astronomer
David Douglas
Scottish botanist
Beebe, William
William Beebe
American biologist and explorer
Ynes Enriquetta Julietta Mexia
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