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Naturalists You Should Know

By Laura Klappenbach, About.com

Naturalists You Should Know

1. Aristotle (384 BC – 322 BC)

2. John Ray (November 29, 1627 – January 17, 1705)

3. Antony van Leeuwenhoek (October 24, 1632 – August 30, 1723)

4. Nicolas Steno (January 10, 1638 – November 25, 1686)

5. Carl Linnaeus (May 13, 1707 – January 10, 1778)

6. Joseph Banks (February 13, 1743 – June 19, 1820)

7. Georges Cuvier (August 23, 1769 – May 13, 1832)

8. Alexander von Humboldt (September 14, 1769 – May 6, 1859)

9. John James Audubon (April 26, 1785 – January 27, 1851)

10. Charles Lyell (November 14, 1797 – February 22, 1875)

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