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Adam Sedgwick, engraving by C. Butterworth and Heath, 19th century
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Born September 28, 1854 • Norwich • England
Died February 27, 1913 (aged 58) • London • England • (Anniversary in 5 days)
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Adam Sedgwick, engraving by C. Butterworth and Heath, 19th century
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Charles Darwin
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Lankester, Edwin Ray
Sir Edwin Ray Lankester
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John Gould
British ornithologist
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British biologist
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British zoologist
Flower, 1883
Sir William Henry Flower
British zoologist
Charles Valentine Riley
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Reginald Innes Pocock
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Aristotle
Aristotle
Greek philosopher
E.O. Wilson
E.O. Wilson
American biologist
Thomas Hunt Morgan
Thomas Hunt Morgan
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Georges Cuvier
French zoologist
Lancelot Thomas Hogben
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Dana, James D.
James D. Dana
American geologist and mineralogist
Johannes Müller
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Konrad Lorenz
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Richard Dawkins
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Ernst Haeckel
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