Person who studies and knows a lot about plants, animals and natural history (esp in the field)

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M0017441: Portrait of Etienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire (1772-1844)

M0017168: Portrait of Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820)

M0018860: Portrait of Jean Baptiste Lamarck (1744-1829)

Sir Joseph Banks and Daniel Charles Solander. Line engraving, 1778.

M0017015: Portrait of Edwin Lankester (1814-1874)

M0016490: Portrait of Johann Reinhold Forster (1729-1798)

M0017606: Cartoon of Charles Darwin (1809-1882)

M0016205: Portrait of Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820)

M0017443: Portrait of Conrad Gesner (1516-1565)

M0018148: Portrait of Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg (1795-1876)

M0016641: Portrait of Clarke Abel (1780-1826) / M0016642: Portrait of Nicolas Philibert Adelon (1782-1862)

A young man visiting a surgeon-apothecary in his workroom, where the proprietor shows him one of his prize natural history specimens. Etching by J. Leech.

Miscellany: United States of America, 19th-20th centuries

Johann Gregor Mendel : Leben u. Werk e. Bildbuch / Josef Sajner ; mit e. Beitr. im Anh., Neuentdeckte Predigtskizzen Gregor Mendels von Adolar Zumkeller.

Lincoln and Darwin : shared visions of race, science, and religion / James Lander.

Mice in the freezer, owls on the porch : the lives of naturalists Frederick & Frances Hamerstrom / Helen McGavran Corneli ; foreword by George Archibald.

Lamarck, sa vie, son oeuvre / Yves Delange.

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Miscellany: United States of America, 19th-20th centuries

Johann Gregor Mendel : Leben u. Werk e. Bildbuch / Josef Sajner ; mit e. Beitr. im Anh., Neuentdeckte Predigtskizzen Gregor Mendels von Adolar Zumkeller.

Lincoln and Darwin : shared visions of race, science, and religion / James Lander.

Mice in the freezer, owls on the porch : the lives of naturalists Frederick & Frances Hamerstrom / Helen McGavran Corneli ; foreword by George Archibald.

Lamarck, sa vie, son oeuvre / Yves Delange.

Women naturalists

Images from the collections

Images referencing Women naturalists

Works from the collections

Miscellany: United States of America, 19th-20th centuries

Johann Gregor Mendel : Leben u. Werk e. Bildbuch / Josef Sajner ; mit e. Beitr. im Anh., Neuentdeckte Predigtskizzen Gregor Mendels von Adolar Zumkeller.

Lincoln and Darwin : shared visions of race, science, and religion / James Lander.

Mice in the freezer, owls on the porch : the lives of naturalists Frederick & Frances Hamerstrom / Helen McGavran Corneli ; foreword by George Archibald.

Lamarck, sa vie, son oeuvre / Yves Delange.

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