naturalist
121SOLANDER, Daniel Charles (1736-1782) — naturalist son of a clergyman, was born in the province of Norrland, Sweden, on 28 February 1736. He took the degree of M.D. at the university of Upsala, was a pupil of Linnaeus and came to London in July 1760 with strong recommendations, but… …
122BUCKLAND, FRANCIS (FRANK) — naturalist, son of the succeeding, bred to medicine; devoted to the study of animal life; was inspector of salmon fisheries; wrote Curiosities of Natural History, Familiar History of British Fishes, &c.; contributed largely to the journals,… …
123EDWARD, THOMAS — naturalist, born at Gosport; bred a shoemaker; settled in Banff, where he devoted his leisure to the study of animal nature, and collected numerous specimens of animals, which he stuffed and exhibited, but with pecuniary loss; the Queen s… …
124FORSTER, JOHANN GEORGE ADAM — naturalist, son of the succeeding; accompanied his father in the voyage with Cook, and contributed to the literature anent the expedition; subsequently became professor of Natural History at Cassel and at Wilna, and eventually librarian to the …
125GOSSE, PHILIP HENRY — naturalist, horn at Worcester, in business in Newfoundland, Canada, and the United States; spent his leisure hours in the study of natural history, chiefly insects; after a visit of two years to Jamaica wrote an account of its birds; compiled… …
126HUBER, FRANCIS — naturalist, born at Geneva; made a special study of the habits of bees, and recorded the results in his Observations sur les Abeilles (1750 1831) …
127JAMESON, ROBERT — naturalist, born in Leith; appointed professor of Natural History in Edinburgh University in 1804; wrote several works on mineralogy and geology (1773 1853) …
128MIVART, ST. GEORGE — naturalist, a Roman Catholic professor at Louvain, distinguished for his opposition to Darwinianism; b. 1827 …
