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Born March 3, 1841 • Canada
Died March 16, 1914 (aged 73) • Scotland • (Anniversary in 3 days)
Subjects Of Study coral reef • ocean basin • pelagic sediment
Role In Challenger Expedition

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Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
C. Wyville Thomson, 1877.
Sir C. Wyville Thomson
Scottish naturalist
Dana, James D.
James D. Dana
American geologist and mineralogist
British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace
British naturalist
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker.
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
British botanist
Sir Joseph Banks, engraving by Ridley, 1802
Sir Joseph Banks
British naturalist
Bates, H.W.
H.W. Bates
British naturalist and explorer
Newton, Alfred
Alfred Newton
British zoologist
David Douglas
Scottish botanist
Alexander von Humboldt
Alexander von Humboldt
German explorer and naturalist
Nansen, Fridtjof
Fridtjof Nansen
Norwegian explorer and scientist
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
Jacques Cousteau
Jacques Cousteau
French ocean explorer and engineer
Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
German biologist
Roy Chapman Andrews
Roy Chapman Andrews
American naturalist
Georg August Schweinfurth, detail from an engraving by A. Weger, after a photograph.
Georg August Schweinfurth
German botanist
Columbus O’D. Iselin
American oceanographer
Anders Celsius, detail from a drawing by an unknown artist, 18th century.
Anders Celsius
Swedish astronomer
Beebe, William
William Beebe
American biologist and explorer

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