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18th-century naturalists

50 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Adelbert von ChamissoAuthor · BooksAdelbert von Chamisso (30 January 1781 – 21 August 1838) was a German poet, writer and botanist.
Alberto FortisAuthor · Maps and atlasesAlberto Fortis (9 or 11 November 1741 – 21 October 1803) was a Venetian writer, naturalist and cartographer, citizen of Republic of Venice.
Alexander WilsonAuthor · BooksAlexander Wilson (July 6, 1766 – August 23, 1813) was a Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, naturalist, and illustrator.
Ami BouéAuthor · Maps and atlasesAmi Boué (16 March 1794 – 21 November 1881) was a geologist of French Huguenot origin. Ami Boué was born at Hamburg, he was trained in Edinburgh and across Europe.
Antonio GaidonDesigner · DesignAntonio Gaidon (1738–1829), was an architect, urban planner and naturalist.
Atanasio Echeverría y GodoyIllustrator · IllustrationIllustration — Echeveria leucotricha, a plant of the genus named after Echeverría
Benjamin WilsonEngraver · PrintsBenjamin Wilson (21 June (O.S.) 1721 – 6 June 1788) was an English painter, printmaker and philosopher.
Bernard Germain de LacépèdePerson · Music memorabiliaBernard-Germain-Étienne de La Ville-sur-Illon, comte de Lacépède or La Cépède (26 December 17566 October 1825) was a French naturalist and an active freemason.
Carl Gustav JablonskyIllustrator · IllustrationCarl Gustav Jablonsky (1756 – 25 May 1787) was a Berlin naturalist, entomologist and illustrator.
Carl Ludwig KochAuthor · BooksCarl Ludwig Koch (21 September 1778 – 23 August 1857) was a German entomologist and arachnologist.
Charles Alexandre LesueurArtist · PaintingsCharles Alexandre Lesueur (1 January 1778 in Le Havre – 12 December 1846 in Le Havre) was a French naturalist, artist, and explorer.
Charles Hamilton SmithIllustrator · IllustrationLieutenant-Colonel Charles Hamilton Smith, KH, KW, FRS, FLS (26 December 1776 – 21 September 1859) was a British Army officer, artist, naturalist, antiquary and spy.
Christian Cay Lorenz HirschfeldAuthor · BooksIllustration — Christian Cay Lorenz Hirschfeld, copperplate engraving by J. D. Heidenreich (1792)
Daniel SolanderAuthor · BooksDaniel Carlsson Solander or Daniel Charles Solander (19 February 1733 – 13 May 1782) was a Swedish naturalist and an apostle of Carl Linnaeus.
Edward DonovanIllustrator · IllustrationEdward Donovan (1768 – 1 February 1837) was an Anglo-Irish writer, natural history illustrator, and amateur zoologist.
Erasmus DarwinAuthor · BooksErasmus Robert Darwin (12 December 173118 April 1802) was an English physician. One of the key thinkers of the Midlands Enlightenment, he was also a natural philosopher, physiologist,…
François-Nicolas MartinetEngraver · PrintsFrançois-Nicolas Martinet (1731 - c. 1800) was a French engineer, engraver and naturalist.
George CrabbeAuthor · BooksGeorge Crabbe (24 December 1754 – 3 February 1832) was an English poet and clergyman.
Gerard van SpaendonckArtist · PaintingsGerard van Spaendonck (22 March 1746 – 11 May 1822) was a Dutch painter.
Giovanni MeliAuthor · BooksGiovanni Meli (4 March 1740 – 20 December 1815) was an Italian poet.
Grigory LangsdorffAuthor · BooksGeorg Heinrich Freiherr von Langsdorff (8 April 1774 – 9 June 1852) was a German naturalist and explorer, as well as a Russian diplomat, better known by his Russian name, Grigori Ivanovich…
Henrik SteffensAuthor · BooksHenrik Steffens (2 May 1773 – 13 February 1845), was a Norwegian philosopher, scientist, and poet.
Ignaz Paul Vital TroxlerAuthor · BooksIllustration — Ignaz Paul Vital Troxler (1830)
Immanuel KantAuthor · BooksImmanuel Kant (born Emanuel Kant; 22 April 1724 – 12 February 1804) was a German philosopher.
Jacob HübnerIllustrator · IllustrationJacob Hübner (20 June 1761 – 13 September 1826, in Augsburg) was a German entomologist. He was the author of Sammlung Europäischer Schmetterlinge (1796–1805), a founding work of entomology.
Jacques BarrabandArtist · PaintingsIllustration — Le Tocan (toucan) by Jacques Barraband
Jean-Baptiste AudebertEngraver · PrintsJean Baptiste Audebert (1759 – December 1800) was a French artist and naturalist.
Jean-Baptiste de LamarckAuthor · BooksJean-Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet, chevalier de Lamarck (1 August 1744 – 18 December 1829), often known simply as Lamarck, was a French naturalist, biologist, academic, and soldier.
Johann Baptist von SpixIllustrator · IllustrationJohann Baptist Ritter von Spix (9 February 1781 – 13 March 1826) was a German biologist.
Johann Christian RosenmüllerAuthor · BooksJohann Christian Rosenmüller (25 May 1771 – 28 February 1820) was a German anatomist born near Hildburghausen, Thuringia. He was the son of theologian Johann Georg Rosenmüller (1736–1815).
John AbbotIllustrator · IllustrationJohn Abbot (1751c. 1840) was an American naturalist and artist.
John AikinAuthor · BooksJohn Aikin (15 January 1747 – 7 December 1822) was an English medical doctor and surgeon. Later in life he devoted himself wholly to biography and writing in periodicals.
John ClareAuthor · BooksJohn Clare (13 July 1793 – 20 May 1864) was an English poet. The son of a farm labourer, he became known for his celebrations of the English countryside and his sorrows at its disruption.
John LathamIllustrator · IllustrationJohn Latham (27 June 1740 – 4 February 1837) was an English medical doctor, naturalist and author.
José Bonifácio de Andrada e SilvaAuthor · BooksJosé Bonifácio de Andrada e Silva (ʒoˈzɛ boniˈfasju dʒi ɐ̃ˈdɾadɐ i ˈsiwvɐ; 13 June 17636 April 1838) was a Brazilian statesman, naturalist, mineralist, professor and poet, born in Santos,…
Louis Alphonse de BrébissonPhotographer · PhotographyLouis Alphonse de Brébisson (25 September 1798 – 26 April 1888) was a French botanist and photographer born in Falaise, Calvados.
Rubens PealeArtist · PaintingsRubens Peale (May 4, 1784 – July 17, 1865) was an American museum administrator and artist. Rubens Peale was born in Philadelphia, he was the son of artist-naturalist Charles Willson Peale.
Thaddäus HaenkeAuthor · Maps and atlasesThaddäus Xaverius Peregrinus Haenke (also Thaddeus Haenke; Tadeáš Haenke; Tadeo Haenke; 5 October 1761 – 4 November 1816) was a Czech botanist and explorer.
Titian PealePhotographer · PhotographyTitian Ramsay Peale (November 17, 1799 – March 13, 1885) was an American artist, naturalist, and explorer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Tomasz ZanAuthor · BooksIllustration — Tomasz Zan, in a drawing by R. Żukowski (1825–1855)
William BartramAuthor · BooksWilliam Bartram (April 20, 1739 – July 22, 1823) was an American naturalist, writer and explorer.
William MacGillivrayAuthor · BooksWilliam MacGillivray FRSE (25 January 1796 – 4 September 1852) was a Scottish naturalist and ornithologist.

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