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Born September 3, 1704 • Lyon • France
Died April 11, 1779 (aged 74) • Paris • France
Notable Family Members brother Bernard de Jussieu • brother Antoine de Jussieu
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
John Ray, detail of an oil painting; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
John Ray
English naturalist
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker.
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker
British botanist
Georg August Schweinfurth, detail from an engraving by A. Weger, after a photograph.
Georg August Schweinfurth
German botanist
David Douglas
Scottish botanist
Ynes Enriquetta Julietta Mexia
American botanist
Jeanne Baret
Jeanne Baret
French botanist and explorer
Jacques Cousteau
Jacques Cousteau
French ocean explorer and engineer
Alexander von Humboldt
Alexander von Humboldt
German explorer and naturalist
Carolus Linnaeus
Carolus Linnaeus
Swedish botanist
British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace
British naturalist
Dana, James D.
James D. Dana
American geologist and mineralogist
Karl Ernst, Ritter von Baer
Karl Ernst von Baer
Prussian-Estonian embryologist
Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
German biologist
Roy Chapman Andrews
Roy Chapman Andrews
American naturalist
Sir Joseph Banks, engraving by Ridley, 1802
Sir Joseph Banks
British naturalist
Murray, Sir John
Sir John Murray
Scottish Canadian oceanographer
Bates, H.W.
H.W. Bates
British naturalist and explorer
C. Wyville Thomson, 1877.
Sir C. Wyville Thomson
Scottish naturalist
Newton, Alfred
Alfred Newton
British zoologist

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