naturalist
Noun
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An advocate of the doctrine that the world can be understood in scientific terms (synset 110366686)
is a type of: philosopher - a specialist in philosophy
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A biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology) (synset 110366245)
referred to in:
- botany, phytology - the branch of biology that studies plants
- zoological science, zoology - the branch of biology that studies animals
is a type of: biologist, life scientist - (biology) a scientist who studies living organismsspecific instances:- agassiz, jean louis rodolphe agassiz, louis agassiz - United States naturalist (born in Switzerland) who studied fossil fish; recognized geological evidence that ice ages had occurred in North America (1807-1873)
- andrews, roy chapman andrews - United States naturalist who contributed to paleontology and geology (1884-1960)
- baron georges cuvier, cuvier, georges cuvier, georges leopold chretien frederic dagobert cuvier - French naturalist known as the father of comparative anatomy (1769-1832)
- charles darwin, charles robert darwin, 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)
- baron alexander von humboldt, baron friedrich heinrich alexander von humboldt, humboldt - German naturalist who explored Central and South America and provided a comprehensive description of the physical universe (1769-1859)
- chevalier de lamarck, jean baptiste de lamarck, lamarck - French naturalist who proposed that evolution resulted from the inheritance of acquired characteristics (1744-1829)
- john muir, muir - United States naturalist (born in England) who advocated the creation of national parks (1838-1914)
- lorenz oken, lorenz okenfuss, oken, okenfuss - German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851)
- georg wilhelm steller, steller - German naturalist (1709-1746)
- jan swammerdam, 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)
- alfred russel wallace, wallace - English naturalist who formulated a concept of evolution that resembled Charles Darwin's (1823-1913)
same as: natural scientist
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