Famous scientific collectors

person who collects scientific or biological specimens

391 people

All Alive Deceased
Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin

1809 – 1882 · Age 73
Deceased
Carl Linnaeus

Carl Linnaeus

1707 – 1778 · Age 70
Deceased
Theodore Roosevelt

Theodore Roosevelt

1858 – 1919 · Age 60
Deceased
Hirohito

Hirohito

1901 – 1989 · Age 87
Deceased
John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck

1902 – 1968 · Age 66
Deceased
Gregor Mendel

Gregor Mendel

1822 – 1884 · Age 61
Deceased
Fridtjof Nansen

Fridtjof Nansen

1861 – 1930 · Age 68
Deceased
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck

Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck

1744 – 1829 · Age 85
Deceased
Alfred Russel Wallace

Alfred Russel Wallace

1823 – 1913 · Age 90
Deceased
Georges Cuvier

Georges Cuvier

1769 – 1832 · Age 62
Deceased
Ernest Shackleton

Ernest Shackleton

1873 – 1922 · Age 48
Deceased
Carl Bosch

Carl Bosch

1874 – 1940 · Age 65
Deceased
John James Audubon

John James Audubon

1785 – 1851 · Age 65
Deceased
Edward O. Wilson

Edward O. Wilson

1929 – 2021 · Age 92
Deceased
Adelbert von Chamisso

Adelbert von Chamisso

1781 – 1838 · Age 57
Deceased
Robert Brown

Robert Brown

1773 – 1858 · Age 84
Deceased
Percival Lowell

Percival Lowell

1855 – 1916 · Age 61
Deceased
Peter Simon Pallas

Peter Simon Pallas

1741 – 1811 · Age 69
Deceased
John Edward Gray

John Edward Gray

1800 – 1875 · Age 75
Deceased
George Washington Carver

George Washington Carver

1864 – 1943 · Age 79
Deceased
Louis Agassiz

Louis Agassiz

1807 – 1873 · Age 66
Deceased
Mary Anning

Mary Anning

1799 – 1843 · Age 43
Deceased
Thomas Stamford Raffles

Thomas Stamford Raffles

1781 – 1826 · Age 44
Deceased
Ernst Mayr

Ernst Mayr

1904 – 2005 · Age 100
Deceased
J.B.S. Haldane

J.B.S. Haldane

1892 – 1964 · Age 72
Deceased
Source: Wikidata Q98544732