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John Fothergill, an English physician & patron of several Quaker naturalists including Sydney Parkinson & William Bartram (whose painting of a Franklin tree is shown on the right), is 's

https://t.co/uIm5dJJotL

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2023-03-08

John Edward Gray, 's Keeper of who helped Charles conduct research on is 's

(The image on the right is from Darwin's 1854 book on the subclass Cirripedia.)

https://t.co/QQ3UZQRsLZ

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2023-03-07

Edward Donovan, Anglo-Irish naturalist and illustrator, is ’s

These engravings are from his Epitome of the Natural History of the of China (1798).

https://t.co/Q4LBEwP1ti

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2023-02-01

Deborah Passmore, American botanical illustrator who became the head artist in 's division, is 's

https://t.co/W4ueVACjXH


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2023-01-03

Edme-François Jomard, the French topographical engineer and cartographer who oversaw the publication of the Description de l’Égypte, is 's

https://t.co/vkctUdsaZp

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2022-11-23

Anders Sparrman, Swedish naturalist and student of Linnaeus, is 's

These ornithological illustrations are from ' copy of Sparrman's Museum carlsonianum (1786-9).

https://t.co/LahjzbY9M1


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2022-08-09

The microscopic world is beautiful. Just look at all those Perty pictures!

Josef Anton Maximilian Perty, German naturalist who published an illustrated treatise on in 1852, is 's

https://t.co/lL28sRYIb7

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2022-08-08

André Tacquet, a Flemish mathematician and Jesuit priest whose books are filled with emblematic imagery, is 's

https://t.co/Nqm1VWwTQN


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2022-06-23

Charles Willson Peale was talking about before it was cool.

So far as I know, he is also the only person to be the subject of two posts in a single month.

Further details: https://t.co/zLA4rLQbSY

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2022-04-29

Elizabeth Gwillim, English artist who created these paintings of a great cormorant (L) and purple heron (R), is 's

https://t.co/D4oyZ6DefP

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2022-04-21

Claude-Louis Berthollet, a French was born in 1748. Berthollet accompanied during his invasion of Egypt. Learn more about Berthollet in his profile: https://t.co/2rwprb4dqu

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2021-12-10

Claude-Louis Berthollet, French chemist who accompanied during his invasion of Egypt, is 's

https://t.co/q20ELxq0KD

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2021-12-09

Admiral Horatio Thomas Austin, a British naval officer, died in 1865. Austin led an expedition to the Arctic in search of the crew and ships of Sir John Franklin. Learn more about Austin in his profile: https://t.co/nQy0Eyl2si

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2021-11-17

Horatio Thomas Austin, British naval officer who led an expedition to the Arctic to determine the fate of the Franklin expedition, is 's

https://t.co/JfPNyaevGa

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2021-11-16

Louis-Bertrand Castel, a French natural was born in 1688. Castel proposed the creation of an "ocular harpsichord" that would play colors instead of sounds. Learn more about Castel in his profile: https://t.co/hZAJu07XKh

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2021-11-16

Louis-Bertrand Castel, the French natural philosopher who proposed the creation of an "ocular harpsichord" that would play colors instead of sounds, is 's

https://t.co/uK9O9PltZ1

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2021-11-15

William Hazledine, an English died in 1840. Hazledine collaborated with Thomas Telford to construct some of Britain's greatest bridges. Learn more about Hazledine in his profile: https://t.co/s7azFtuYQ0

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2021-10-27

Andreas Cellarius, the German/Dutch cartographer responsible for one of the most beautiful books ever published (Harmonia Macrocosmica, 1661), is 's

https://t.co/aOw7w6De15

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2021-10-25

Umberto Boccioni, an Italian was born in 1882. Boccioni was one of the most influential members of an Italian school of painters known as Futurists. Learn more about Boccioni in his profile: https://t.co/TlGPtoIVho

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2021-10-20

Umberto Boccioni, an Italian painter & sculptor who reflected on technological themes as a member of the Futurist movement, is 's

https://t.co/6xLcJclY1R

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2021-10-19