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nouna biologist knowledgeable about natural history (especially botany and zoology)
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- wallace English naturalist who formulated a concept of evolution that resembled Charles Darwin's (1823-1913)
- hudson English naturalist (born in Argentina) (1841-1922)
- andrews United States naturalist who contributed to paleontology and geology (1884-1960)
- muir United States naturalist (born in England) who advocated the creation of national parks (1838-1914)
- humboldt German naturalist who explored Central and South America and provided a comprehensive description of the physical universe (1769-1859)
- giotto Florentine painter who gave up the stiff Byzantine style and developed a more naturalistic style; considered the greatest Italian painter prior to the Renaissance (1267-1337)
- oken German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851)
- lorenz okenfuss German naturalist whose speculations that plants and animals are made up of tiny living `infusoria' led to the cell theory (1779-1851)
- georges leopold chretien frederic dagobert cuvier French naturalist known as the father of comparative anatomy (1769-1832)
- cimabue painter of the Florentine school; anticipated the move from Byzantine to naturalistic art (1240-1302)