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noun(biology) a scientist who studies living organisms
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- morgan United States biologist who formulated the chromosome theory of heredity (1866-1945)
- gray English radiobiologist in whose honor the gray (the SI unit of energy for the absorbed dose of radiation) was named (1905-1965)
- carson United States biologist remembered for her opposition to the use of pesticides that were hazardous to wildlife (1907-1964)
- huxley English biologist and a leading exponent of Darwin's theory of evolution (1825-1895)
- naturalist a biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology)
- szilard United States physicist and molecular biologist who helped develop the first atom bomb and later opposed the use of all nuclear weapons (1898-1964)
- pasteur French chemist and biologist whose discovery that fermentation is caused by microorganisms resulted in the process of pasteurization (1822-1895)
- botanist a biologist specializing in the study of plants
- geneticist a biologist who specializes in genetics
- ecologist a biologist who studies the relation between organisms and their environment