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Born October 20, 1790 • near Perth • Scotland
Died June 8, 1874 (aged 83) • Scotland
Subjects Of Study evolution • forestry • natural selection

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Charles Darwin
British naturalist
British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace
British naturalist
Norman Borlaug
Norman Ernest Borlaug
American scientist
Francisco J. Ayala
Francisco J. Ayala
American geneticist and biologist
Charles Lyell
Charles Lyell
Scottish geologist
Sir D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson
Scottish zoologist
Sir Patrick Geddes
Scottish biologist and sociologist
Monboddo, detail of an engraving by R. Stainier, late 18th century, after a portrait by J. Brown
James Burnett, Lord Monboddo
Scottish jurist and anthropologist
Sir Arthur Keith, detail of a pencil drawing by William Rothenstein, 1928; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Arthur Keith
Scottish anthropologist
Robert Broom
South African paleontologist
Robert J. Braidwood
American anthropologist
Huxley, Thomas Henry
Thomas Henry Huxley
British biologist
Justus von Liebig
Justus, baron von Liebig
German chemist
Herbert Spencer
Herbert Spencer
British philosopher
Henri Bergson
Henri Bergson
French philosopher
George Washington Carver
George Washington Carver
American agricultural chemist
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
French biologist
Sir Humphry Davy
Sir Humphry Davy
British chemist
Muḥammad I Askia
Songhai ruler
Pierre-Eugène-Marcellin Berthelot, engraving by Philippe-Auguste Cattelain.
Pierre-Eugène-Marcellin Berthelot
French chemist