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This is a list of individual famous actual dogs ; for famous dogs from fiction, see List of fictional dogs . This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources . Hachikō , an Akita famed for his ex
Torreya taxifolia , commonly known as Florida torreya or stinking-cedar , but also sometimes as Florida nutmeg or gopher wood , is an endangered subcanopy tree of the yew family , Taxaceae . It is native to only a small glacial refugium in the southeastern United States , at the state border region
William Hemsley Emory (September 7, 1811 – December 1, 1887) was a prominent American surveyor and civil engineer in the 19th century. As an officer in the U.S. Army Corps of Topographical Engineers he specialized in mapping the United States border, including the Texas–Mexico border, and the Gadsde
Cyril Dean Darlington FRS [1] (19 December 1903 – 26 March 1981) was an English biologist , cytologist, geneticist and eugenicist , who discovered the mechanics of chromosomal crossover , [2] its role in inheritance, and therefore its importance to evolution . He was Sherardian Professor of Botany a
Sir William Edward Parry FRS (19 December 1790 – 8 July 1855) was an Anglo-Welsh explorer of the Arctic best known for his 1819–1820 expedition through the Parry Channel , probably the most successful in the long quest for the Northwest Passage , until it was finally negotiated by Roald Amundsen i
José Celestino Bruno Mutis y Bosio (6 April 1732 – 11 September 1808) was a Spanish priest, botanist and mathematician . He was a significant figure in the Spanish American Enlightenment , whom Alexander von Humboldt met with on his expedition to Spanish America. [1] He is one of the most important
#5 Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller
Joseph Friedrich Nicolaus Bornmüller (February 6, 1862 – December 19, 1948) was a German botanist born in Hildburghausen , Thuringia . German botanist (1862–1948) Joseph Bornmüller
Sir John Kirk , GCMG , KCB , FRS (19 December 1832 – 15 January 1922) was a physician, naturalist , companion to explorer David Livingstone , and British administrator in Zanzibar , where he was instrumental in ending the slave trade in that country, with the aid of his political assistant, Ali bin
Gottfried Wilhelm Johannes Mildbraed (19 December 1879 – 24 December 1954) was a German botanist that specialized in mosses , ferns , and various spermatophytes . He is well known for authoring the most current monograph and taxonomic treatment of the family Stylidiaceae in 1908 as part of the unfin
Douglas Houghton Campbell (December 19, 1859 – February 24, 1953) was an American botanist and university professor. [1] : 48 He was one of the 15 founding professors at Stanford University . [2] His death was described as "the end of an era of a group of great plant morphologists." [3] Douglas
Giuseppe Bertoloni (16 September 1804, in Sarzana – 19 December 1874, in Bologna ) was an Italian botanist and entomologist . He was professor of botany in the University of Bologna which conserves his collections in the University Museum. Bertoloni worked especially on the flora and fauna of Mozamb
Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt (14 September 1769 – 6 May 1859) was a German polymath , geographer , naturalist , explorer , and proponent of Romantic philosophy and science . [5] He was the younger brother of the Prussian minister, philosopher, and linguist Wilhelm von Humboldt
#11 Alfredo Jahn
Dr. Alfredo Jahn Hartman (8 October 1867 – 12 July 1940) was a Venezuelan civil engineer , botanist and geographer . Jahn was a member of the Academy of History, the Academy of Physical Sciences, Mathematics and Naturalist of Venezuela and the Venezuelan Society of Natural Sciences and achieved the
Orson Knapp Miller Jr. (December 19, 1930 – June 9, 2006) [1] was an American mycologist . He published numerous papers in mycology and was responsible for the naming of many taxa , as well as being one of the authors erecting the genus Chroogomphus . He described Omphalotus olivascens , several spe
#13 Ernst Hallier
Ernst Hallier (15 November 1831, in Hamburg – 19 December 1904, in Dachau ) was a German botanist and mycologist . As a young man he was trained as a gardener , later studying botany at the universities of Berlin , Jena and Göttingen . From 1858 he served as an instructor at the Pharmaceutical Insti
#14 Princess Therese of Bavaria
Princess Therese of Bavaria ( German : Therese Charlotte Marianne Auguste von Bayern ; 12 November 1850 – 19 December 1925) was an ethnologist , zoologist , botanist , travel writer and leader in social care . Bavarian princess, scientist, philanthropist This article is about Prince Regent Luitpold
#15 John Hutchinson (botanist)
John Hutchinson , OBE , FRS (7 April 1884 Blindburn, Northumberland – 2 September 1972 London ) was an English botanist , taxonomist and author. [1] [2] [3] [4] English botanist and taxonomist (1884-1972) John Hutchinson Born ( 1884-04-07 ) 7 April 1884 Wark on Tyne , Northumberland Died 2 September
Johann Christoph Röhling (27 April 1757 – 19 December 1813) was a German botanist and clergyman who was a native of Gundernhausen , a town near Darmstadt . He studied theology in Giessen , and later taught school in Frankfurt am Main . In 1792 he became a pastor in Braubach , and in 1800, a parish p
#17 Arthur Henry Reginald Buller
Arthur Henry Reginald Buller , FRSC , FRS (19 August 1874 – 3 July 1944) was a British-Canadian mycologist . He is mainly known as a researcher of fungi and wheat rust . British–Canadian mycologist (1874–1944) Arthur Henry Reginald Buller FRSC FRS Arthur Henry Reginald Buller, c.1900 Born ( 1874-08-
#18 John Muir
John Muir ( / m jʊər / MURE ; April 21, 1838 – December 24, 1914), [1] also known as "John of the Mountains" and "Father of the National Parks ", [2] [3] was an influential Scottish-American [4] [5] : 42 naturalist , author, environmental philosopher , botanist , zoologist , glaciologist , and
Karl Hermann Konrad Burmeister (also known as Carlos Germán Conrado Burmeister ) (15 January 1807 – 2 May 1892) was a German Argentine zoologist , entomologist , herpetologist , botanist , and coleopterologist . He served as a professor at the University of Halle, headed the museum there and publish
#20 Francis Boott
Francis Boott (26 September 1792 – 25 December 1863) was an American physician and botanist who was resident in Great Britain from 1820. For the U.S. composer, see Francis Boott (composer) . Francis Boott Francis Boott by Eden Upton Eddis (fragment, 1840)
The Mugga Lane Zoo was a privately owned zoo located on Mugga Lane in the Australian capital city of Canberra . First opened in 1979 as the Canberra Wildlife Gardens, [6] [7] It was the first permanent zoo in the city, [8] predating the National Zoo & Aquarium by over a decade. [9] In 1981 the park
ZooTampa at Lowry Park (formerly known as Lowry Park Zoo or Lowry Park Zoological Garden ) is a 63-acre (25 ha) nonprofit zoo located in Tampa, Florida . In 2009, Lowry Park Zoo was voted the #1 Family Friendly Zoo in the US by Parents Magazine, [3] and is recognized by the State of Florida as the