Naturalist
Explore the profiles of acclaimed scientists, authors, conservationists, and environmentalists who have made significant contributions to the field of natural history. Learn about their groundbreaking discoveries, inspiring writings, and tireless efforts to protect our planet's natural wonders.

Stanislav Undzill
Lithuania
LithuaniaScientist, naturalist and teacher

William Bartram
USA
USAAmerican naturalist

Hugh Cuming
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish naturalist, malacologist

John Burroughs
USA
USAAmerican writer, artist, naturalist and philosopher.

George Brettingham Sowerby II
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish naturalist, illustrator and conchologist

Alberto Angela
Italy
ItalyItalian paleontologist, naturalist, popularizer of science, writer, TV presenter.

Louis Daubenton
France
FranceFrench naturalist

George Gibbs
USA
USAAmerican ethnologist, naturalist and geologist

Clarke Abel
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish physician, naturalist, botanist and zoologist, researcher of the flora and fauna of China, India, Indonesia

Thomas Barbour
USA
USANaturalist, herpetologist, professor and director of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University

Johann Julius Walbaum
Germany
GermanyGerman physician, naturalist, zoologist and taxonomist

Wilhelm Peters
Germany
GermanyGerman naturalist, zoologist, anatomist and discoverer.

Luther Burbank
USA
USAAmerican breeder

Carl Hagenbeck
Germany
GermanyCreator of zoos and animal circuses

Iosif Laurenti
Austria
AustriaAustrian naturalist of Italian origin.

Carl Peter Thunberg
Sweden
SwedenSwedish naturalist

Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz
Switzerland
SwitzerlandSwiss naturalist and teacher, follower of J. Cuvier

Maximilian Wied-Neuwied
Germany
GermanyFamous traveler and naturalist

Ernest Thompson Seton
Canada
CanadaCanadian writer, naturalist, animal artist

George Beals Schaller
USA
USAAmerican ethologist and writer

Joseph Deniker
France
FranceFrench naturalist and anthropologist

Loren Eiseley
USA
USAOne of America's most celebrated contemporary essayists

Hans Sloane
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish physician and naturalist.

Paul Rosolie
USA
USAAmerican naturalist

John Bartram
USA
USAAmerican naturalist.

Karl Hoffmann
Germany
GermanyGerman physician and naturalist.

Henry Labonne
France
FranceFrench naturalist

Marcus Elieser Bloch
Germany
GermanyGerman physician and naturalist, ichthyologist.

Peter Artedi
Sweden
SwedenThe famous Swedish naturalist

Pieter Boddaert
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch physician and naturalist

Terri Irwin
USA
USAAmerican naturalist, author, widow of Australian naturalist Steve Irwin

Philip Henry Gosse
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish naturalist, inventor of the aquarium

Remigiusz Ladowski
Poland
PolandPolish naturalist

Thomas Huxley
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish zoologist and educator

Joy Adamson
Great Britain
Great BritainNaturalist, writer, animal activist

James Hector
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish scientist, naturalist, physician.

Vasiliy Dokuchaev
Russia
RussiaAn outstanding natural scientist. Dokuchaev's ideas influenced the development of physical geography, forestry, land reclamation and other sciences.

Jim Corbett
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish hunter, conservationist, naturalist, writer.

Rob Bredl
Australia
AustraliaFamous naturalist

George Brettingham Sowerby I
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish naturalist, illustrator and conchologist

Jean-Henri Fabre
France
FranceFrench entomologist, writer

Tom Brown. Jr.
USA
USAAmerican naturalist, author of numerous autobiographical books.

Thomas Campbell Eyton
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish naturalist

Wangari Maathai
Kenya
KenyaKenyan ecologist, professor, Nobel Peace Prize laureate 2004

Alfred Brehm
Germany
GermanyGerman zoologist and traveler, author of the famous popular science work “Animal Life”.

William Griffith
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish physician, naturalist and botanist

Antonio Vallisneri
Italy
ItalyItalian naturalist

Georg Schaffer
Brazil
BrazilGerman traveler, naturalist, adventurer

Engelbert Kampfer
Germany
GermanyGerman traveler and naturalist

John Berkenhout
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish physician, naturalist and writer.