Biologist Collection

Rosalind Franklin
ROSALIND FRANKLIN Pioneer Molecular Biologist she made important contributions to understanding the structure of DNA

Charles Darwin in his evolutionary tree. Caricature of the British naturalist Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) sitting in his evolutionary tree

Charles Darwin, British naturalist
Charles Darwin (1809-1882), British naturalist. Darwin had briefly studied medicine and then trained in the clergy, but his interest was in natural history

Portrait of Charles Darwin, British naturalist
Charles Darwin. Engraving of Charles RobertDarwin (1809-1882), British naturalist, in oldage. Darwin studied medicine and theology but hisinterest was in natural history

Illustration shows hummingbirds. Trochilidae. - Kolibris, 1 print : color lithograph; sheet 36 x 26 cm. 1904. Ernst Haeckel 1834 a 1919 German biologist, naturalist, philosopher, physician

Charles Darwin
Portrait of Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) English naturalist and author of the Origin of Species aged about 65 years. He suggested that natural variation in a species creates a wide range of

Portrait of Charles Darwin, British naturalist
Charles Darwin. Engraving of Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882), British naturalist, in old age. Darwin studied medicine and theology, but his real interest was in natural history

1881 Charles Darwin Portrait aftr Collier
1881 Charles Robert Darwin ( 12 February 1809 - 19 April 1882) English Naturalist and author of the Origin of Species. 1922 Hand coloured portrait aquatint of Darwin by G

Watson and Crick, DNA discovers
Watson and Crick. Caricature of the molecular biologists and discoverers of the structure of DNA James Watson (born 1928, left) and Francis Crick (1916-2004), with their model of a DNA molecule

Richard Dawkins, British science writer
Richard Dawkins. Caricature of the British ethnologist, evolutionary biologist and controversial author Richard Dawkins (born 1941) holding one of his books

Isaac Asimov, US author and biochemist
Isaac Asimov. Caricature of the Soviet-born American science fiction writer and biochemist Isaac Asimov (1920-1992). Asimov is best known for his science fiction novels and popular science books

Portrait of English naturalist Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882) English Naturalist. Darwin was the author of the Origin of Species published in 1859 on the theory of evolution by natural selection

Fridtjof Nansen, Norwegian explorer
Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930), Norwegian explorer, biologist and humanitarian. In 1888 he was the first to cross the Greenland ice sheet and showed that it covered the entire island

Illustration shows liverworts. Hepaticae. - Lebermoose, 1 print : color lithograph; sheet 36 x 26 cm. 1904. Ernst Haeckel 1834 a 1919 German biologist, naturalist, philosopher, physician, professor

Charles Darwin, British naturalist, c1870s. Artist: Julia Margaret Cameron
Charles Darwin, British naturalist, c1870s. Darwin started his career on board the HMS Beagle and spent six years surveying the South American seas

Carlos Juan Finlay, Cuban biologist
Carlos Juan Finlay (1833-1915), Cuban biologist noted for work on yellow fever. Date: circa 1900

Gregor Mendel, Austrian botanist
Gregor Johann Mendel (1822-1884), Austrian botanist and founder of genetics. Mendel, the abbot of an abbey in Brno, carried out breeding experiments with pea plants (held in hand)

Steven Pinker, Canadian psychologist
Steven Pinker. Caricature of the Canadian-American experimental psychologist, cognitive scientist, linguist and author Steven Arthur Pinker (born 1954)

Stephen Gould, US palaeontologist
Stephen Gould. Caricature of the US palaeontologist, evolutionary biologist, science historian and author Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002) holding a collection of his essays called The Pandas Thumb

Members of the Search Party who found Captain Scott
From left: Sub-lieutenant Gran, Petty-Officer Williamson and Mr E.W. Nelson (biologist), members of the relief party who discovered the bodies of Captain Scott

The Officers of the Terra Nova, 1912 Voyage, (1913). Artist: Herbert Ponting
The Officers of the Terra Nova, 1912 Voyage; Left to right - Mr. Dennistoun, Bo sun Cheetham, Lt. Rennick, Paymaster Drake, Engineer Williams, Lt. Pennell, Lt. Bruce, Biologist Lillie, (1913)

A male Florida panther is treed by specialized dogs near the Seminole Indian Reservation

Thomas Hardwicke, British naturalist C016 / 5003
Major-General Thomas Hardwicke (1755-1835), British naturalist. Hardwicke served in the army of the British East India Company from 1778 to 1823, becoming Major-General in 1819

Charles Regan, British ichthyologist C013 / 6226
Charles Tate Regan (1878-1943), British ichthyologist. Regan did much work on fish classification. He joined the British Museum (Natural History) in 1901

Sir Richard Owen (1804-1892)
Portrait of Sir Richard Owen, an English biologist, comparative anatomist and palaeontologist. Picture shows Owen and the skeleton of Dinornis maximus, c. 1877. From The Life of Owen (1894)

John Maynard Smith, caricature
John Maynard Smith (1920-2004). Caricature of the British biologist John Maynard Smith. Maynard Smith studied engineering at Cambridge

Punch cartoon: Man is but a Worm - Charles Darwins Theory of Evolution (engraving)
6034945 Punch cartoon: Man is but a Worm - Charles Darwins Theory of Evolution (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Punch cartoon)

Patrick Geddes / Photo
Sir PATRICK GEDDES Scottish biologist and sociologist; active in city planning

Charles Darwin, English naturalist, 1871. Darwin (1809-1882) was employed as naturalist on HMS Beagle from 1831-1836. He first made his name as a geologist

Nikolai Dubinin, Russian geneticist
Nikolai Petrovich Dubinin (1907-1998), Russian geneticist, examining microscope slides in a laboratory. Dubinin was one of the founding members of the Cytology

Penguin breeding colony research, with researchers and photographers in the background. Located at St Andrews Bay, this is the largest breeding colony of king penguins (Aptenodytes patagonicus)

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Charles Darwin. Hand-colored woodcut of a 19th-century portrait

Portrait of Charles Darwin, British naturalist
Charles Darwin. Portrait of Charles Robert Darwin (1809-1882), British naturalist. Darwin studied medicine and theology, but was most interested in natural history

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Portrait of Alfred Russel Wallace, c.1895 (photo)
7224482 Portrait of Alfred Russel Wallace, c.1895 (photo); Private Collection; (add.info.: Alfred Russel Wallace OM FRS (1823 - 1913) was a British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist

Naturalist Ernst Heinrich Haeckel
NWI4949758 Naturalist Ernst Heinrich Haeckel.; (add.info.: Naturalist Ernst Heinrich Haeckel.); Photo © North Wind Pictures.

Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
3522053 Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck; (add.info.: Portrait of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744-1829) French naturalist. Dated 19th Century); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Photographic portrait of Thomas Henry Huxley
3522024 Photographic portrait of Thomas Henry Huxley; (add.info.: Photographic portrait of Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895) English Biologist. Dated 19th Century); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Sir Richard Owen, 1865
1576998 Sir Richard Owen, 1865; (add.info.: Sir Richard Owen (20 July 1804 - 18 December 1892) was an English biologist, comparative anatomist and paleontologist

An Louis Pasteur experiment, 19th century (engraving)
3733827 An Louis Pasteur experiment, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Engraving depicting an Louis Pasteur experiment demonstrating that fermentation)

Professor Ernest Haeckel in his study, Jena University, Germany
NWI4948258 Professor Ernest Haeckel in his study, Jena University, Germany.; (add.info.: Professor Ernest Haeckel in his study, Jena University, Germany.); Photo © North Wind Pictures.

Herbert Spencer
3118492 Herbert Spencer; (add.info.: Portrait of Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) an English philosopher, biologist, anthropologist, sociologist, and classical liberal political theorist

Louis Pasteur, 19th century (engraving)
5310031 Louis Pasteur, 19th century (engraving); (add.info.: Portrait of Louis Pasteur (1822-1895) a French biologist, microbiologist and chemist. Dated 19th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Thomas Henry Huxley, 1825 - 1895
3083225 Thomas Henry Huxley, 1825 - 1895.; Private Collection; (add.info.: English biologist aka "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution)

An engraving depicting Luigi Galvani investigating the behaviour of muscles stimulated by electricity
5311438 An engraving depicting Luigi Galvani investigating the behaviour of muscles stimulated by electricity. Luigi Galvani (1737-1798) an Italian physician, physicist, biologist and philosopher

Engraving depicting Luigi Galvani's outdoor experiment which investigates the behaviour of muscles stimulated by
5309465 Engraving depicting Luigi Galvani's outdoor experiment which investigates the behaviour of muscles stimulated by electricity; (add.info)

Louis Pasteur's first apparatus for cooling and fermenting wort
3733830 Louis Pasteur's first apparatus for cooling and fermenting wort.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting Louis Pasteur's first apparatus for cooling)

Photographic portrait of Herbert Spencer
3522075 Photographic portrait of Herbert Spencer; (add.info.: Photographic portrait of Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) an English philosopher, biologist, anthropologist, sociologist

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Biologists, the unsung heroes of the natural world, have been instrumental in unraveling the mysteries of life on Earth. From Rosalind Franklin's groundbreaking work on DNA structure to Charles Darwin's revolutionary theory of evolution, these brilliant minds have shaped our understanding of biology. Charles Darwin, a British naturalist known for his evolutionary tree diagram and extensive research on species adaptation, laid the foundation for modern biology. His portrait captures his intellectual curiosity and dedication to uncovering nature's secrets. In 1953, James Watson and Francis Crick made one of the most significant discoveries in biology – they unraveled the structure of DNA. Their collaboration marked a turning point in genetics and opened up new avenues for further exploration. Richard Dawkins, a prominent British science writer, has played a pivotal role in popularizing evolutionary biology through his books and lectures. His contributions continue to inspire future generations of biologists. Isaac Asimov was not only an acclaimed US author but also a biochemist who seamlessly blended science fiction with scientific knowledge. His works captivated readers while shedding light on complex biological concepts. Illustrations showcasing hummingbirds from Trochilidae family highlight how biologists study diverse organisms to understand their behavior and ecological roles within ecosystems. The portrait of Charles Darwin reminds us that he was more than just an iconic figure; he was at the forefront of scientific discovery during his time. His meticulous observations paved the way for modern biological research methods still used today. English naturalist Charles Darwin's portrait serves as a reminder that even centuries later, his ideas remain relevant and influential in shaping our understanding of life's diversity and interconnectedness. Biologists stand on his shoulders as they explore new frontiers in this ever-evolving field.