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.

Engelbert Kampfer
Germany
GermanyGerman traveler and naturalist

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

Louis Daubenton
France
FranceFrench naturalist

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

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

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

William Bartram
USA
USAAmerican naturalist

Soren Abildgaard
Denmark
DenmarkDanish naturalist, writer and illustrator

Luther Burbank
USA
USAAmerican breeder

Paul Rosolie
USA
USAAmerican naturalist

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

Thomas Campbell Eyton
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish naturalist

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

William Griffith
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish physician, naturalist and botanist

Pieter Boddaert
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch physician and naturalist

Carl Hagenbeck
Germany
GermanyCreator of zoos and animal circuses

Marcus Elieser Bloch
Germany
GermanyGerman physician and naturalist, ichthyologist.

Karl Hoffmann
Germany
GermanyGerman physician and naturalist.

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

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

Peter Artedi
Sweden
SwedenThe famous Swedish naturalist

Antoni van Levenguk
Netherlands
NetherlandsNaturalist

Pierre Joseph Bonnaterre
France
FranceAbbot from the French province of Rouergue, naturalist

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

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

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

Cornelis Jansen
Netherlands
NetherlandsDutch theologian

Hugh Cuming
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish naturalist, malacologist

Remigiusz Ladowski
Poland
PolandPolish naturalist

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

George Gibbs
USA
USAAmerican ethnologist, naturalist and geologist

Lazaro Spallanzani
Italy
ItalyItalian naturalist and physicist

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

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

George Beals Schaller
USA
USAAmerican ethologist and writer

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

Stanislav Undzill
Lithuania
LithuaniaScientist, naturalist and teacher

Thomas Huxley
Great Britain
Great BritainEnglish zoologist and educator

Joseph Deniker
France
FranceFrench naturalist and anthropologist

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

Ernest Thompson Seton
Canada
CanadaCanadian writer, naturalist, animal artist

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

Antonio Vallisneri
Italy
ItalyItalian naturalist

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

Carl Peter Thunberg
Sweden
SwedenSwedish naturalist

John Bartram
USA
USAAmerican naturalist.

Hans Sloane
Great Britain
Great BritainBritish physician and naturalist.

Henry Labonne
France
FranceFrench naturalist

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

Konrad Lawrence
Austria
AustriaFamous biologist and ethologist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 1973famous biologist and ethologist, laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for 1973