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Find out more about the greatest 19th Century Zoologists, including Charles Darwin, Thomas Hunt Morgan, Fridtjof Nansen, Louis Agassiz and Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild

Famous 19th Century Zoologists

Charles DarwinCharles Darwin
12 February 1809, British
Naturalist
Stamford RafflesStamford Raffles
06 July 1781, Jamaican, British
Former Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies

Louis AgassizLouis Agassiz
28 May 1807, American
Geologist

Georges CuvierGeorges Cuvier
23 August 1769, French
Naturalist

Thomas Hunt MorganThomas Hunt Morgan
25 September 1866, American
Geneticist

Karl von FrischKarl von Frisch
20 November 1886, Austrian
Ethologist
Walter ReedWalter Reed
13 September 1851, American
Military physician, Zoologist, Entomologist

David Starr JordanDavid Starr Jordan
19 January 1851, American
Botanist, Peace activist, Zoologist,

Madison GrantMadison Grant
19 November 1865, American
Lawyer, Anthropologist, Racial theorist,
Walter Rothschild, 2nd Baron RothschildWalter Rothschild, 2nd Baron Rothschild
08 February 1868, British
Biologist, Banker, Politician, Zoologist,

Charles Lucien BonaparteCharles Lucien Bonaparte
24 May 1803, French
Biologist, Ornithologist, Zoologist, Ichthyologist
John Lubbock, 1st Baron AveburyJohn Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury
30 April 1834, British
Anthropologist, Politician, Archaeologist,

Friedrich RatzelFriedrich Ratzel
30 August 1844, German
Biologist, Geopolitician, Geographer, Zoologist,

August WeismannAugust Weismann
17 January 1834
Biologist, Zoologist, Geneticist

Karl Patterson SchmidtKarl Patterson Schmidt
19 June 1890, American
American zoologist

Theophilus PainterTheophilus Painter
22 August 1889, American
Zoologist
Lancelot HogbenLancelot Hogben
09 December 1895, British
Medical Statistician

Bernard Germain de LacépèdeBernard Germain de Lacépède
26 December 1756, French
Naturalist

Paul BertPaul Bert
19 October 1833, French
Physiologist

Spencer Fullerton BairdSpencer Fullerton Baird
03 February 1823, American
Ornithologist
Paul KammererPaul Kammerer
17 August 1880, Austrian
Biologist

James Dwight DanaJames Dwight Dana
12 February 1813, American
Geologist
Thomas NuttallThomas Nuttall
05 January 1786, British
Botanist

Reginald Innes PocockReginald Innes Pocock
04 March 1863, British
Zoologist

Clinton Hart MerriamClinton Hart Merriam
05 December 1855, American
Zoologist
Thomas SayThomas Say
27 June 1787, American
Entomologist

Libbie HymanLibbie Hyman
06 December 1888, American
Zoologist
Christian Gottfried EhrenbergChristian Gottfried Ehrenberg
19 April 1795, German
Naturalist

Ray LankesterRay Lankester
15 May 1847, British
Zoologists

Edmund Beecher WilsonEdmund Beecher Wilson
19 October 1856, American
Geneticist
Frank Rattray LillieFrank Rattray Lillie
27 June 1870, American
Zoologist

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C. Lloyd MorganC. Lloyd Morgan
06 February 1852, British
Psychologist
John BachmanJohn Bachman
04 February 1790, American
Naturalist

Oscar HertwigOscar Hertwig
21 April 1849, German
Zoologist

Florentino AmeghinoFlorentino Ameghino
18 September 1854, Argentinian
Naturalist

Elliott CouesElliott Coues
09 September 1842, American
Historian
Alfred NewtonAlfred Newton
11 June 1829, Swiss
Ornithologist
Max SchultzeMax Schultze
15 March 1825, German
Anatomist

Alexandre BrongniartAlexandre Brongniart
05 February 1770, French
Chemist

Isidore Geoffroy Saint-HilaireIsidore Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
16 December 1805, French
Zoologist

Charles Wyville ThomsonCharles Wyville Thomson
05 March 1830, Scottish
Zoologist
Ross Granville HarrisonRoss Granville Harrison
13 January 1870, American
Zoologist

Wilhelm RouxWilhelm Roux
09 June 1850, German
Zoologist

William Henry FlowerWilliam Henry Flower
30 November 1831, British
Surgeon

Agostino BassiAgostino Bassi
25 September 1773, Italian
Entomologist

Warder Clyde AlleeWarder Clyde Allee
05 June 1885, American
Ecologist
Fritz SchaudinnFritz Schaudinn
19 September 1871, German, Prussian
Zoologist

Karl MöbiusKarl Möbius
07 February 1825, German
Zoologist
Thomas Stewart TraillThomas Stewart Traill
29 October 1781, Scottish
Physician

John Henry ComstockJohn Henry Comstock
24 February 1849, American
Researcher

Victor Ernest ShelfordVictor Ernest Shelford
22 September 1877, American
Zoologist
Addison Emery VerrillAddison Emery Verrill
09 February 1839, American
Zoologist

Pierre-Joseph van BenedenPierre-Joseph van Beneden
19 December 1809, Belgian
Paleontologist
Alpheus HyattAlpheus Hyatt
05 April 1838, American
Zoologist

Clarence Erwin McClungClarence Erwin McClung
05 April 1870, American
Zoologist

James GrayJames Gray
14 October 1891, British
Zoologist

Karl Theodor Ernst von SieboldKarl Theodor Ernst von Siebold
16 February 1804, German
Physiologist

Oliver Perry HayOliver Perry Hay
22 May 1846, American
Herpetologist
Rudolf LeuckartRudolf Leuckart
07 October 1822, German
Zoologist

Herbert Spencer JenningsHerbert Spencer Jennings
08 April 1868, American
Geneticist

Edwin ConklinEdwin Conklin
24 November 1863, American
Biologist

Yves DelageYves Delage
13 May 1854, French
Zoologist
E. Newton HarveyE. Newton Harvey
25 November 1887, American
Zoologist

Richard HertwigRichard Hertwig
23 September 1850, German
Zoologist
Victor HensenVictor Hensen
10 February 1835, German
Zoologist

Beatrix Tugendhut GardnerBeatrix Tugendhut Gardner
13 July 1933, Austrian, American
Zoologist

Martin RathkeMartin Rathke
25 August 1793, German
University Professor
William Keith BrooksWilliam Keith Brooks
25 March 1848, American
Zoologist

William Abbott HerdmanWilliam Abbott Herdman
05 September 1858, Scottish
Oceanographer
Cornelia ClappCornelia Clapp
17 March 1849, American
Zoologist

Charles Atwood KofoidCharles Atwood Kofoid
11 October 1865, American
Zoologist

Alphonse Pyrame de CandolleAlphonse Pyrame de Candolle
28 October 1806, Swiss, French
Botanist
Charles Henry TurnerCharles Henry Turner
03 February 1867, American
Zoologist

Pierre-André LatreillePierre-André Latreille
29 November 1762, French
Zoologist
Alcide d'OrbignyAlcide d'Orbigny
06 September 1802, French
Naturalist

D'Arcy Wentworth ThompsonD'Arcy Wentworth Thompson
02 May 1860, Scottish
Zoologist

Mary J RathbunMary J Rathbun
11 June 1860, American
Zoologist