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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

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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.)

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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).

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2023-02-01

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

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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

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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).

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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

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2022-06-23

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

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2022-04-21

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

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2021-12-09

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, 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

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

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2021-10-25

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

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2021-10-19

Charles Atwood Kofoid, marine invertebrate zoologist who helped establish , is 's

Kofoid was also a rare book collector & designed an incredible personal bookplate featuring various sea creatures!

https://t.co/W5ND0ao2zl

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2021-10-11

Johann Friedrich Esper, German physician & paleontologist who discovered the bones of an extinct species of cave bear (Ursus spelaeus, whose jaw is shown below) in a Bavarian cave, is 's

https://t.co/xNGT0QMNGU

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2021-10-06

Arnout Vosmaer, Dutch naturalist who supervised the menagerie of King William IV, is 's

https://t.co/Z1jfIDDq9z

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2021-09-23

Francis Lister Hawks, American Episcopal priest who wrote the official narrative of Matthew Perry's 1852-54 expedition to is 's

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2021-06-10

"The boundaries between science and art often overlap, to the benefit of both..." -

Eugène Delacroix, French Romantic artist with a passion for is 's

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2021-04-26

Louis Thomas Jerôme Auzoux, French anatomist who became famous for manufacturing papier-mâché anatomical models, is 's

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2021-04-07