langs: 14 мая [ru] / may 14 [en] / 14. mai [de] / 14 mai [fr] / 14 maggio [it] / 14 de mayo [es]
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#1 Porbeagle
The porbeagle ( Lamna nasus ) is a species of mackerel shark in the family Lamnidae , distributed widely in the cold and temperate marine waters of the North Atlantic and Southern Hemisphere . In the North Pacific , its ecological equivalent is the closely related salmon shark ( L. ditropis ). It
This is a list of notable pigs . Famous swine Wild boars, by Walter Moras (1856–1925)
Trillium cernuum is a species of flowering plant in the bunchflower family Melanthiaceae . The specific epithet cernuum means "drooping, curving forwards, facing downwards", [3] a distinctive habit of its flower. It is commonly called nodding trillium or nodding wakerobin (not to be confused with Tr
#1 Emmanuel Drake del Castillo
Emmanuel Drake del Castillo (28 December 1855 – 14 May 1904) was a French botanist . Emmanuel Drake del Castillo He was born at Paris and studied with Louis Édouard Bureau (1830–1918) at the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle (National Museum of Natural History). Between 1886 and 1892, he publishe
Christian Schkuhr (14 May 1741, Pegau – 17 July 1811, Wittenberg ) was a German gardener , artist and botanist . [1] He studied at the University of Wittenberg ; while continuing to work as a gardener, he also became a master of design and engraving. An adherent of Linnaean taxonomy , he devoted him
Edward Augustus (Gus or Gussie) Bowles VMH (14 May 1865 – 7 May 1954) was a British horticulturalist, [1] plantsman and garden writer. [2] He developed an important garden at Myddelton House , his lifelong home at Bulls Cross in Enfield , Middlesex and his name has been preserved in many varieties
Johann Fran(t)z Drège (or Jean François Drège ) (25 March 1794 Altona, Hamburg , Germany – 3 February 1881 Altona, Hamburg , Germany), commonly referred to by his standard botanical author abbreviation Drège , [1] was a German horticulturalist, botanical collector and explorer of Huguenot descent. D
#5 Louis Ramond de Carbonnières
Louis François Élisabeth Ramond, baron de Carbonnières (4 January 1755 Strasbourg – 14 May 1827), was a French politician , geologist and botanist . He is regarded as one of the first explorers of the high mountains of the Pyrenees who can be described as a pyreneist . [1] Louis Ramond de Carbonnièr
#6 Cornelis Gijsbert Gerrit Jan van Steenis
Cornelis Gijsbert Gerrit Jan van Steenis (31 October 1901 – 14 May 1986) was a Dutch botanist . Van Steenis wrote many publications on the flora of the Maritime Southeast Asia region, among others about taxonomy and plant geography. Besides his expeditions in the Malay region, he also traveled in
William West Jr , ARCS , (11 February 1875 – 14 September 1901) was an English botanist . He was the elder son of the botanist William West , and the brother of George Stephen West . West assisted his father in fieldwork . He wrote papers on flowering plants and phycology for various journals. His o
Thomas Joseph Givnish (born May 14, 1951) is an American botanist , ecologist , and evolutionary biologist , holder of the Henry Allan Gleason Chair in Botany and Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin . [1] He has written extensively on speciation , adaptive radiation , and determinan
John Michael Holzinger (1853 – 1929) was a German-born American bryologist , expert on the bryoflora of Colorado, and third president of the Sullivant Moss Society . [1] American bryologist John Michael Holzinger John M. Holzinger, ca. 1880 Born May 14, 1853 Hachtel, Germany Died 1929 ( 1930 ) (ag
#10 Ludlow Griscom
Ludlow Griscom (June 17, 1890 – May 28, 1959) was an American ornithologist known as a pioneer in field ornithology. His emphasis on the identification of free-flying birds by field marks became widely adopted by professionals and amateurs. Many called him "Dean of the Birdwatchers." [1] [2] [3] Ame
William West, FLS (22 February 1848 – 14 May 1914) was an English pharmacist , botanist , microscopist and writer, particularly noted for his studies of freshwater algae . His sons, both botanists, were William West Jr with whom he did fieldwork , and George Stephen West with whom West co-wrote bota
#12 Charles Darwin
Charles Robert Darwin FRS FRGS FLS FZS JP [6] ( / ˈ d ɑːr w ɪ n / ; [7] DAR -win ; 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist , geologist , and biologist , [8] widely known for contributing to the understanding of evolutionary biology . [I] His proposition that all species of life
#13 Federico Delpino
Giacomo Giuseppe Federico Delpino (27 December 1833 – 14 May 1905) was an Italian botanist who made early observations on floral biology , particularly the pollination of flowers by insects . Delpino introduced a very broad view of plant ecology and was the first to suggest pollination syndromes , s
#14 Daniel McAlpine
Daniel McAlpine (21 January 1849 – 12 October 1932) was a Scottish-born Australian mycologist known for his research in plant pathology . He wrote several publications on plant disease in many crops and other plants. McAlpine was a lecturer in biology at the University of Melbourne from 1884, and, w
#15 Aleksandr Fomin (botanist)
Aleksandr Vasiljevich Fomin was a Russian botanist that lived during the reign of the Soviet Union . He studied ferns and seed plants. He was also a director of the Kiev University Botanical Garden ; which was renamed after him, when he died. Aleksandr Vasiljevich Fomin Fomin, before 1935 Born ( 186
#16 Joan Dingley
Joan Marjorie Dingley OBE (14 May 1916 – 1 January 2008) [2] was one of the pioneer women of New Zealand science. She worked for the DSIR Plant Diseases Division from 1941 to 1976, becoming the head of mycology . She was a major research scientist in New Zealand for both laboratory and field-based p
Elsie May Kittredge (May 14, 1870 – 1954) was an American botanist , photographer, and curator for the New York Botanical Gardens . [1] [2] [3] [4] American botanist and curator (1870-1954) Elsie May Kittredge Born ( 1870-05-14 ) May 14, 1870 United States Died May 1954 (aged 83 – 84) Occupation B
John Walton FRSE LLD (1895 – 1971) was a 20th-century British botanist and paleobotanist .
#19 Mikhail Tsvet
Mikhail Semyonovich Tsvet (Михаил Семёнович Цвет, also spelled Tsvett , Tswett , Tswet , Zwet , and Cvet ; 14 May 1872 – 26 June 1919) was a Russian-Italian botanist who invented chromatography . His last name is Russian for "colour" and is also the root word of " flower ." Russian-Italian botanist
Thomas Andrew Knight (1759–1838), FRS , of Elton Hall in the parish of Elton in Herefordshire (4 miles south-west of Ludlow ) and later of Downton Castle (3 miles north-west of Elton), was a British horticulturalist and botanist . He served as the 2nd President of the Royal Horticultural Society (18
The Minnesota Zoo (formerly the Minnesota Zoological Garden ), is an AZA -accredited zoo in Apple Valley, Minnesota . It is one of two state-supported zoos in the United States , with the other being the North Carolina Zoo . [6] When it opened on May 22, 1978 [1] it was fairly revolutionary in its e
#2 Wilhelma
Wilhelma ( German: [vɪlˈhɛlma] ( listen ) ) is a zoological - botanical garden in Stuttgart in the Bad Cannstatt district in the north of the city on the grounds of a historic castle. Wilhelma Zoo is one of the most popular tourist destinations in Baden-Württemberg , seeing more than 2 million visit
Orana Wildlife Park is New Zealand 's only open-range zoo , sitting on 80 hectares of land, located on the outskirts of Christchurch . [2] It opened in 1976, and is owned and operated by the Orana Wildlife Trust, a registered charity. [ citation needed ] The aims of the Trust are to provide quality