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19th-century naturalists

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

Abbott Handerson ThayerArtist · PaintingsAbbott Handerson Thayer (August 12, 1849May 29, 1921) was an American painter, naturalist, and teacher.
Aldo LeopoldAuthor · BooksAldo Leopold (January 11, 1887 – April 21, 1948) was an American writer, philosopher, naturalist, scientist, ecologist, forester, professor, conservationist, and environmentalist.
Alexander Emanuel AgassizAuthor · BooksAlexander Emmanuel Rodolphe Agassiz (December 17, 1835March 27, 1910), was an American scientist and engineer. He was the son of Louis Agassiz and stepson of Elizabeth Cabot Agassiz.
Alfred Russel WallaceAuthor · BooksAlfred Russel Wallace (8 January 1823 – 7 November 1913) was an English naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and illustrator.
Alice ManfieldPhotographer · PhotographyAlice Manfield (1878 – 14 July 1960) commonly known as Guide Alice, was a mountain guide, amateur naturalist, chalet owner, photographer, and early feminist figure from Victoria, Australia.
Carl AkeleyPhotographer · PhotographyCarl Ethan Akeley (May 19, 1864 – November 17, 1926) was a pioneering American taxidermist, sculptor, biologist, conservationist, inventor, and nature photographer, noted for his…
Carl BockPhotographer · PhotographyCarl Alfred Bock (17 September 1849 – 10 August 1932) was a Norwegian government official, author, naturalist and explorer.
Charles KeelerAuthor · BooksIllustration — Keeler circa 1895
Doris Mable CochranIllustrator · IllustrationDoris Mable Cochran (May 18, 1898 – May 22, 1968) was an American herpetologist and custodian of the American Natural Collection at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, D.C, for many…
Edward Adrian WilsonArtist · PaintingsEdward Wilson (disambiguation)
Edwin CerioDesigner · DesignEdwin Cerio (28 June 1875 – 24 January 1960) was a prominent Italian writer, engineer, architect, historian, and botanist.
Elizabeth Cabot AgassizAuthor · BooksElizabeth Cabot Agassiz (pseudonym, Actaea; Cary; December 5, 1822 – June 27, 1907) was an American educator, naturalist, writer, and the co-founder and first president of Radcliffe…
Elizabeth GouldIllustrator · IllustrationElizabeth Gould (Coxen; 18 July 1804 – 15 August 1841) was a British artist and illustrator at the forefront of the natural history movement.
Eugène MaraisAuthor · BooksEugène Nielen Marais (9 January 1871 – 29 March 1936) was a South African lawyer, naturalist, writer and poète maudit in the Second Language Movement of Afrikaans literature.
Eugène TrutatPhotographer · PhotographyEugène Trutat (25 August 1840 – 6 August 1910) was a French naturalist, mountaineer, pyreneist, geologist and photographer, who was curator of the Museum of Toulouse.
Gabrielle Maud VassalPhotographer · PhotographyGabrielle Maud Vassal (née Candler 5 March 1880 – 31 May 1959) was a British-born naturalist.
George Bird GrinnellAuthor · BooksGeorge Bird Grinnell (September 20, 1849 – April 11, 1938) was an American anthropologist, historian, naturalist, and writer.
George Brettingham Sowerby IIAuthor · BooksGeorge Brettingham Sowerby II (25 March 1812 – 26 July 1884) was a British naturalist, illustrator, and conchologist.
Graceanna LewisArtist · PaintingsGraceanna Lewis (August 3, 1821 – February 25, 1912) was an American naturalist, illustrator, and social reformer.
Hans MeyerAuthor · Maps and atlasesHans Heinrich Josef Meyer (22 March 1858 – 5 July 1929) was a German geographer from Hildburghausen, who was the son of publisher Herrmann Julius Meyer (1826–1909).
Harry JohnstonPhotographer · PhotographySir Harry Hamilton Johnston GCMG (12 June 1858 – 31 July 1927) was a British explorer, botanist, artist, colonial administrator, and linguist who travelled widely across Africa to speak…
Hedley Herbert FinlaysonPhotographer · PhotographyHedley Herbert Finlayson (1895–1991) was an Australian mammalogist, author and photographer.
Hermann von RosenbergAuthor · Maps and atlasesHermann Karl Benjamin von Rosenberg (April 7, 1817 – November 15, 1888) was a German naturalist born in Darmstadt.
Isabella BirdPhotographer · PhotographyIsabella Bird is recorded as having received Colorado Women's Hall of Fame and Fellow of t
Jim CorbettAuthor · BooksJames Corbett (disambiguation)James Corbett
John AndersonPhotographer · PhotographyJohn Anderson (4 October 1833 – 15 August 1900) was a Scottish anatomist and zoologist who worked in India as the curator of the Indian Museum, Calcutta.
John BurroughsAuthor · BooksJohn Burroughs (April 3, 1837 – March 29, 1921) was an American naturalist and nature essayist, active in the conservation movement in the United States.
Julius Theodor Christian RatzeburgAuthor · BooksJulius Theodor Christian Ratzeburg (16 February 1801– 24 October 1871) was a German zoologist, botanist, entomologist, and forester.
Karl Friedrich SchimperAuthor · BooksKarl Friedrich Schimper (15 February 1803 – 21 December 1867) was a German botanist, naturalist and poet.
Karl KořistkaAuthor · Maps and atlasesKarl Kořistka (also Carl Kořistka, Karel Kořistka; 7 February 1825 – 18 January 1906) was a Czech geographer, cartographer, mathematician and professor.
Leon BarszczewskiAuthor · Maps and atlasesLeon Barszczewski (February 20, 1849 in Warsaw – March 19, 1910 in Częstochowa) was a soldier, topographer, explorer of the Central Asia culture, naturalist, and glaciologer.
Lesley ChandlerIllustrator · IllustrationLeslie Gordon Chandler (1888–1980) was an Australian jeweller, vigneron, bird photographer, writer and speaker on natural history, and ornithologist.
Mary Hunter AustinAuthor · BooksMary Hunter Austin (September 9, 1868 – August 13, 1934) was an American writer. One of the early nature writers of the American Southwest, her classic The Land of Little Rain (1903)…
Mary Jobe AkeleyPhotographer · PhotographyMary Jobe Akeley (January 29, 1878 – January 19, 1966) was an American explorer, author, mountaineer, and photographer.
Matthias Jacob SchleidenAuthor · BooksMatthias Jakob Schleiden (lang; 5 April 1804 – 23 June 1881) was a German botanist and co-founder of cell theory, along with Theodor Schwann and Rudolf Virchow.
Oliver LodgeAuthor · BooksSir Oliver Joseph Lodge (12 June 1851 – 22 August 1940) was an English physicist and electrical engineer whose investigations into electromagnetic radiation (EMR) contributed to the…
Pedro AméricoArtist · PaintingsPedro Américo de Figueiredo e Melo (29 April 1843 – 7 October 1905) was a Brazilian novelist, poet, scientist, art theorist, essayist, philosopher, politician and professor, best remembered…
Prince Henri d'OrléansPhotographer · PhotographyPrince Henri of Orléans (16 October 1867 – 9 August 1901) was the son of Prince Robert, Duke of Chartres, and Princess Françoise of Orléans.
Princess Theresa of BavariaAuthor · BooksPrincess Therese of Bavaria (Therese Charlotte Marianne Auguste Prinzessin von Bayern;
Robert Christopher TytlerPhotographer · PhotographyIllustration — Harriet and Robert Tytler
Robert Lloyd PraegerAuthor · BooksIllustration — Robert Lloyd Praeger by Sarah Cecilia Harrison, now in National Museums Northern Ireland
Rudolf BaumbachAuthor · BooksRudolf Baumbach (28 September 1840 – 21 September 1905) was a German poet.
Samuel BakerAuthor · BooksSir Samuel White Baker (8 June 1821 – 30 December 1893) was an English explorer, officer, naturalist, big game hunter, engineer, writer and abolitionist.
Sara Louisa OberholtzerAuthor · BooksSara Louisa Oberholtzer (Vickers; May 20, 1841 – February 2, 1930) was an American poet, activist, and economist.
Spencer Fullerton BairdAuthor · BooksSpencer Fullerton Baird (February 3, 1823 – August 19, 1887) was an American naturalist, ornithologist, ichthyologist, herpetologist, and museum curator.
Sven HedinIllustrator · IllustrationSven Anders Hedin, KNO1kl RVO, (19 February 1865 – 26 November 1952) was a Swedish geographer, topographer, explorer, photographer, travel writer and illustrator of his own works.
William Didier-PougetArtist · PaintingsWilliam Didier-Pouget (14 November 1864 – 12 September 1959) was a French artist known for his landscape paintings.
William Henry HudsonAuthor · BooksWilliam Henry Harrison
William Robert GrovePhotographer · PhotographySir William Robert Grove, FRS FRSE (11 July 1811 – 1 August 1896) was a Welsh judge and physical scientist.[1] He anticipated the general theory of the conservation of energy, and was a…

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