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Zoologists

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

Ad KoningsPhotographer · PhotographyAdrianus Franciscus Johannes Marinus Maria "Ad" Konings (born 11 January 1956) is a Dutch ichthyologist originally trained in medicine and biology.
Adelbert von ChamissoAuthor · BooksAdelbert von Chamisso (30 January 1781 – 21 August 1838) was a German poet, writer and botanist.
AelianAuthor · BooksIllustration — Imaginary portrait of Aelian from a 1610 edition of the Varia Historia
Alberto O. TreganzaDesigner · DesignAlberto Owen Treganza, sometimes known as Albert Treganza or A.O. Treganza (March 24, 1876 in Colorado – July 18, 1944 in San Diego, California), was an American architect and ornithologist…
Alex HibbertPhotographer · PhotographyAlexander Piers William Hibbert (born 19 April 1986) is a British polar expedition leader, public speaker, author and photographer. He lives in London.
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.
Alexander WilsonAuthor · BooksAlexander Wilson (July 6, 1766 – August 23, 1813) was a Scottish-American poet, ornithologist, naturalist, and illustrator.
Alfred Russel WallaceAuthor · BooksAlfred Russel Wallace (8 January 1823 – 7 November 1913) was an English naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and illustrator.
Alister HardyAuthor · BooksSir Alister Clavering Hardy FRSE (10 February 1896 – 22 May 1985) was a British marine biologist, an expert on marine ecosystems spanning organisms from zooplankton to whales.
Benjamin Waterhouse HawkinsEngraver · PrintsBenjamin Waterhouse Hawkins (8 February 1807 – 27 January 1894) was an English sculptor and natural history artist renowned for his work on the life-size models of dinosaurs in the Crystal…
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 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 BonnetAuthor · BooksCharles Bonnet (French: [ʃaʁl bɔnɛ]; 13 March 1720 – 20 May 1793) was a Genevan naturalist and philosophical writer.
Charles Haskins TownsendAuthor · BooksCharles Haskins Townsend (September 29, 1859 – January 28, 1944) was an American zoologist and naturalist who served as the director of the New York Aquarium, from 1902 to 1937.
Charles Sutherland EltonAuthor · BooksCharles Sutherland Elton (29 March 19001 May 1991) was an English zoologist and animal ecologist.
Constantine Samuel RafinesqueArtist · PaintingsConstantine Samuel Rafinesque-Schmaltz (kɔ̃stɑ̃tin(ə) samɥɛl ʁafinɛsk(ə)ʃmalts) (22 October 1783 – 18 September 1840) was a French polymath of the early 19th century.
David G. HaskellAuthor · BooksDavid George Haskell is a British and American biologist and writer. He is a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist in General Nonfiction.
David Starr JordanAuthor · BooksDavid Starr Jordan (January 19, 1851 – September 19, 1931) was the founding president of Stanford University, serving from 1891 to 1913. He was an ichthyologist during his research career.
David SuzukiAuthor · BooksDavid Takayoshi Suzuki (born March 24, 1936) is a Canadian academic, science broadcaster, and environmental activist.
Dian FosseyAuthor · BooksDian Fossey (January 16, 1932 – December 26, 1985) was an American primatologist and conservationist known for undertaking an extensive study of mountain gorilla groups from 1966 until her…
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…
Dorothea Maria GraffArtist · PaintingsDorothea Maria Graff (1678–1743) was an 18th-century painter born in the Duchy of Bavaria, who lived and worked in Amsterdam and Saint Petersburg.
Edward DonovanIllustrator · IllustrationEdward Donovan (1768 – 1 February 1837) was an Anglo-Irish writer, natural history illustrator, and amateur zoologist.
Edward ForbesAuthor · BooksEdward Forbes FRS, FGS (12 February 1815 – 18 November 1854)[1] was a Manx naturalist.
Edward S. MorseAuthor · BooksEdward Morse (disambiguation)Edward Morse
Emil Adolf RossmässlerAuthor · BooksIllustration — Emil Adolf Rossmässler
Ernst SchäferPhotographer · PhotographyErnst Schäfer (14 March 1910 – 21 July 1992) was a German explorer, hunter and zoologist in the 1930s, specializing in ornithology.
Félix Rodríguez de la FuentePerson · Film memorabiliaFélix Samuel Rodríguez de la Fuente (14 March 1928 – 14 March 1980) was a Spanish naturalist and broadcaster.
Frank M. ChapmanPhotographer · PhotographyFrank Michler Chapman (June 12, 1864 – November 15, 1945) was an American ornithologist and pioneering writer of field guides.
Frans de WaalPhotographer · PhotographyFranciscus Bernardus Maria de Waal (29 October 1948 – 14 March 2024) was a Dutch-American primatologist and ethologist.
Franz SieberDesigner · DesignFranz Wilhelm Sieber (30 March 1789 – 17 December 1844) was a Czech-Austrian botanist and collector who travelled to Europe, the Middle East, Southern Africa and Australia.
Fred JüssiPhotographer · PhotographyFred Jüssi (29 January 1935 – 1 December 2024) was an Estonian biologist, nature writer and photographer.
Georg Eberhard RumphiusDesigner · DesignGeorg Eberhard Rumphius (originally: Rumpf; baptized c. 1 November 1627 – 15 June 1702) was a German-born botanist employed by the Dutch East India Company in what is now eastern Indonesia,…
Georg KrauseIllustrator · IllustrationIllustration — Krause with two Aepyornis eggs, an ostrich egg and a hen's egg, c.
Georg MarcgraveAuthor · Maps and atlasesGeorg Marcgrave (20 September 1610 – August 1644) was a German naturalist, astronomer, and cartographer.
George Bird GrinnellAuthor · BooksGeorge Bird Grinnell (September 20, 1849 – April 11, 1938) was an American anthropologist, historian, naturalist, and writer.
Graceanna LewisArtist · PaintingsGraceanna Lewis (August 3, 1821 – February 25, 1912) was an American naturalist, illustrator, and social reformer.
Greg GraffinPerson · Music memorabiliaGregory Walter Graffin (born November 6, 1964) is an American singer who is the lead vocalist and only constant member of the punk band Bad Religion, which he co-founded in 1980.
Hans HassPhotographer · PhotographyHans Hass (23 January 1919 – 16 June 2013) was an Austrian biologist and underwater diving pioneer.
Hans Hermann BehrAuthor · BooksHans Hermann Behr (August 18, 1818, Köthen – March 6, 1904, San Francisco) was a German-American doctor, entomologist and botanist.
Harold UreyAuthor · BooksHarold Clayton Urey ForMemRS (April 29, 1893 – January 5, 1981) was an American physical chemist who conducted pioneering work on isotopes.
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.
Henri Gadeau de KervillePhotographer · PhotographyIllustration — Henri Gadeau de Kerville (1884)
Henry Fairfield OsbornAuthor · BooksHenry Fairfield Osborn, Sr. (August 8, 1857 – November 6, 1935) was an American paleontologist, geologist and eugenics advocate.
Hermann BurmeisterAuthor · BooksKarl Hermann Konrad Burmeister (also known as Carlos Germán Conrado Burmeister) (15 January 1807 – 2 May 1892) was a German Argentine zoologist, entomologist, herpetologist, botanist, and…
Hialmar RendahlArtist · PaintingsCarl Hialmar Rendahl (born Jönköping 26 December 1891; died Stockholm 2 May 1969) was a Swedish zoologist, cartoonist and painter.
Ibn Al OuardyAuthor · BooksAbū Ḥafs Zayn al-Dīn ʻUmar ibn al-Muẓaffar Ibn al-Wardī, known as Ibn al-Wardi, was an Arab geographer (died circa 1446, sometimes listed as late as 1457).
Jacques CousteauPhotographer · PhotographyJacques-Yves Cousteau (also; French: [ʒak iv kusto]; 11 June 1910 – 25 June 1997) was a French naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author.
James WatsonAuthor · BooksJames Dewey Watson (April 6, 1928 – November 6, 2025) was an American molecular biologist, geneticist, and zoologist.
James William AbertAuthor · Maps and atlasesJames William Abert (November 18, 1820 – August 10, 1897) was an American soldier, explorer, bird collector and topographical artist.
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 BüttikoferPhotographer · PhotographyJohann Büttikofer (9 August 1850 – 24 June 1927) was a Swiss zoologist, who worked at the Blijdorp Zoological Garden in Rotterdam. After his retirement, he settled in Bern, Switzerland.
Johann Friedrich NaumannArtist · PaintingsJohann Friedrich Naumann (14 February 1780 – 15 August 1857) was a German scientist, artist, engraver, and editor. He is regarded as the founder of scientific ornithology in Europe.
Johannes François SnellemanPhotographer · PhotographyJohannes François Snelleman (26 December 1852 – 18 May 1938) was a Dutch zoologist, orientalist, ethnographer and museum director. He was a son of Christiaan Snelleman and Sara Lacombe.
John AbbotIllustrator · IllustrationJohn Abbot (1751c. 1840) was an American naturalist and artist.
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 CassinAuthor · BooksJohn Cassin (September 6, 1813 – January 10, 1869) was an American ornithologist from Pennsylvania.
John CurtisIllustrator · IllustrationJohn Curtis (3 September 1791 – 6 October 1862) was an English entomologist and illustrator.
John GouldIllustrator · IllustrationJohn Gould (14 September 1804 – 3 February 1881) was an English ornithologist who published monographs on birds, illustrated by plates produced by his wife, Elizabeth Gould, and several…
John LathamIllustrator · IllustrationJohn Latham (27 June 1740 – 4 February 1837) was an English medical doctor, naturalist and author.
John Witt RandallAuthor · BooksJohn Witt Randall (November 6, 1813 – January 25, 1892) was a minor poet and consulting zoologist to the United States Exploring Expedition but is best known for the collection of drawings…
José Antonio de Alzate y RamírezAuthor · Maps and atlasesIllustration — José Antonio de Alzate y Ramírez.
Julius Theodor Christian RatzeburgAuthor · BooksJulius Theodor Christian Ratzeburg (16 February 1801– 24 October 1871) was a German zoologist, botanist, entomologist, and forester.
Konrad LorenzAuthor · BooksKonrad Zacharias Lorenz (7 November 1903 27 February 1989) was an Austrian zoologist, ethologist, and ornithologist.
Léon BertinIllustrator · IllustrationLéon Bertin (8 April 1896, Paris – 5 February 1956, Saint-Amand-de-Vendôme) was a French zoologist.
Louis Agassiz FuertesArtist · PaintingsLouis Agassiz Fuertes (February 7, 1874 – August 22, 1927) was an American ornithologist, illustrator and artist who set the rigorous and current-day standards for ornithological art and…
Marie Firmin BocourtIllustrator · IllustrationMarie Firmin Bocourt (19 April 1819 – 4 February 1904) was a French zoologist and artist.
Mary Cynthia DickersonPhotographer · PhotographyMary Cynthia Dickerson (March 7, 1866 – April 23, 1923) was an American herpetologist and the first curator of herpetology at the American Museum of Natural History, as well as the first…
Mathilde Carmen HertzArtist · SculptureMathilde Carmen Hertz (14 January 1891 – 20 November 1975) was a biologist, and was one of the first influential women scientists in the field of biology and a pioneer in the field of…
Maximilian SpinolaAuthor · BooksMaximilian Spinola (Massimiliano Spinola; July 10, 1780 – November 12, 1857) was an Italian entomologist.
Nikolaas TinbergenPhotographer · PhotographyNikolaas "Niko" Tinbergen (15 April 1907 – 21 December 1988) was a Dutch biologist and ornithologist who shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Karl von Frisch and…
Otto FabriciusAuthor · BooksOtto Fabricius (6 March 174420 May 1822) was a Danish missionary, naturalist, ethnographer, and explorer of Greenland.
Paul KammererPerson · Music memorabiliaPaul Kammerer (17 August 1880, in Vienna – 23 September 1926, in Puchberg am Schneeberg) was an Austrian biologist who studied evolutionary theory through the medium of investigation of the…
Peter WattsAuthor · BooksPeter Watts (born January 25, 1958) is a Canadian science fiction author. He specializes in hard science fiction.
Petrus CamperArtist · PaintingsPetrus Camper FRS (11 May 1722 – 7 April 1789), was a Dutch physician, anatomist, physiologist, midwife, zoologist, anthropologist, palaeontologist and a naturalist in the Age of…
Prideaux John SelbyIllustrator · IllustrationPrideaux John Selby FRSE FLS (23 July 1788 – 27 March 1867) was an English ornithologist, botanist and natural history artist.
Princess Theresa of BavariaAuthor · BooksPrincess Therese of Bavaria (Therese Charlotte Marianne Auguste Prinzessin von Bayern;
Priyambada Mohanty HejmadiArtist · PaintingsPriyambada Mohanty Hejmadi is an Indian classical dancer, scientist, academician, art writer, and biologist.
Rachel CarsonAuthor · BooksRachel Louise Carson (May 27, 1907 – April 14, 1964) was an American marine biologist, writer, and conservationist whose sea trilogy (1941–1955) and book Silent Spring (1962) are credited…
Ray LankesterAuthor · BooksSir Edwin Ray Lankester (15 May 1847 – 13 August 1929) was a British zoologist.
Raymond Lee DitmarsPerson · Film memorabiliaRaymond Lee Ditmars (June 22, 1876 – May 12, 1942) was an American herpetologist, writer, public speaker and pioneering natural history filmmaker.
Richard Bowdler SharpeAuthor · BooksRichard Bowdler Sharpe (22 November 1847 – 25 December 1909) was an English zoologist and ornithologist who worked as curator of the bird collection at the British Museum of natural…
Robert HartmannAuthor · BooksRobert Hartmann (disambiguation)Robert Hartmann
Robert HoldstockAuthor · BooksRobert Paul Holdstock (2 August 1948 – 29 November 2009) was an English novelist and author best known for his works of Celtic, Nordic, Gothic and Pictish fantasy literature, predominantly…
Robert KerrAuthor · Books
Roy Chapman AndrewsAuthor · BooksRoy Chapman Andrews (January 26, 1884 – March 11, 1960) was an American explorer, adventurer, and naturalist who became the director of the American Museum of Natural History.
Spencer Fullerton BairdAuthor · BooksSpencer Fullerton Baird (February 3, 1823 – August 19, 1887) was an American naturalist, ornithologist, ichthyologist, herpetologist, and museum curator.
Sydney ParkinsonIllustrator · IllustrationSydney Parkinson (c. 174526 January 1771) was a Scottish botanical illustrator and natural history artist.
Temple GrandinAuthor · BooksMary Temple Grandin (born August 29, 1947) is an American academic, inventor, and ethologist.
Titian PealePhotographer · PhotographyTitian Ramsay Peale (November 17, 1799 – March 13, 1885) was an American artist, naturalist, and explorer from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Ulisse AldrovandiArtist · PaintingsUlisse Aldrovandi (11 September 1522 – 4 May 1605) was an Italian naturalist, the moving force behind Bologna's botanical garden, one of the first in Europe.
Willi HennigAuthor · BooksEmil Hans Willi Hennig (20 April 1913 – 5 November 1976) was a German biologist and zoologist who is considered the founder of phylogenetic systematics, otherwise known as cladistics.
William BartramAuthor · BooksWilliam Bartram (April 20, 1739 – July 22, 1823) was an American naturalist, writer and explorer.
William John BurchellArtist · PaintingsWilliam John Burchell (23 July 1781 – 23 March 1863) was an English explorer, naturalist, traveller, artist, and author.
William SwainsonIllustrator · IllustrationWilliam Swainson FLS, FRS (8 October 1789 – 6 December 1855), was an English ornithologist, malacologist, conchologist, entomologist and artist.
William T. InnesPhotographer · PhotographyWilliam Thornton Innes III, L.H.D. (February 2, 1874 – February 27, 1969) was an American aquarist, author, photographer, printer and publisher.
Yuriy ShcherbakAuthor · BooksYuriy Mykolayovych Shcherbak (born 23 October 1934) is a Ukrainian writer, screenwriter, publicist, epidemiologist, politician, diplomat, environmental activist and political analyst.

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