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NATURAL HISTORY

the study of organisms and natural objects

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Louis Agassiz
Louis Agassiz
expert on living and fossil fishes

George Wells Beadle
George Wells Beadle
Nobel Prize winning biologist

David Ross Brower
David Ross Brower
advocate for the preservation of the environment and natural resources

Stephen Jay Gould
Stephen Jay Gould
paleontologist, writer of popular science books

Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel
Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel

Jean Baptiste Lamarck
Jean Baptiste Lamarck
proponent of "acquired traits"

Antonie von Leeuwenhoek
Antonie von Leeuwenhoek
the first person to study protozoa, bacteria, and other microscopic organisms

Carolus Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus
creator of binomial nomenclature

Gregor Johann Mendel
Gregor Johann Mendel
founder of genetics

Archibald Menzies
Archibald Menzies
discoverer of many plants that now bear his name

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