English > naturalist: 2 senses > noun 2, person | Meaning | A biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology). |
|---|
| Synonym | natural scientist |
|---|
| Category | botany, phytology | The branch of biology that studies plants |
|---|
| zoology, zoological science | The branch of biology that studies animals |
| Instances | Agassiz, Louis Agassiz, Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz | United States naturalist (born in Switzerland) who studied fossil fish |
|---|
| Andrews, Roy Chapman Andrews | United States naturalist who contributed to paleontology and geology (1884-1960) |
| Cuvier, Georges Cuvier, Baron Georges Cuvier, Georges Leopold Chretien Frederic Dagobert Cuvier | French naturalist known as the father of comparative anatomy (1769-1832) |
| Darwin, Charles Darwin, Charles Robert Darwin | English natural scientist who formulated a theory of evolution by natural selection (1809-1882) |
| Gesner, Konrad von Gesner | Swiss naturalist who was one of the founders of modern zoology (1516-1565) |
| Hudson, W. H. Hudson, William Henry Hudson | English naturalist (born in Argentina) (1841-1922) |
| Humboldt, Baron Alexander von Humboldt, Baron Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt | German naturalist who explored Central and South America and provided a comprehensive description of the physical universe (1769-1859) |
| Lamarck, Jean Baptiste de Lamarck, Chevalier de Lamarck | French naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of acquired characteristics / characteristics (1744-1829) |
| Muir, John Muir | United States naturalist (born in England) who advocated the creation of national parks (1838-1914) |
| Oken, Lorenz Oken, Okenfuss, Lorenz Okenfuss | German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living 'infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851) |
| Steller, Georg Wilhelm Steller | German naturalist (1709-1746) |
| Swammerdam, Jan Swammerdam | Dutch naturalist and microscopist who proposed a classification of insects and who was among the first to recognize cells in animals and was the first to see red blood cells (1637-1680) |
| Wallace, Alfred Russel Wallace | English naturalist who formulated a concept of evolution that resembled Charles Darwin's (1823-1913) |
| Broader | biologist, life scientist | (biology) a scientist who studies living organisms |
|---|
| Spanish | naturalista |
|---|
| Catalan | naturalista |
|---|
