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direct »Andrew Leith Adams, 1827–82
Physician , naturalist and geologist . Professor of natural history, Trinity College, Dublin, and Queen's College, Cork, Ireland. FRS 1872. Sources: DNB (See the bibliography for full references to sources)
direct »Charles Baker Adams, 1814–53
American geologist and naturalist . Professor of chemistry and natural history, Middlebury College, Vermont, 1838. Vermont state geologist, 1845. Professor of natural history and astronomy, Amherst, Massachusetts, 1847–53. Travelled in Jamaica, 1843–4 and 1848–9, where he collected and studied molluscs. Sources: DAB Sarjeant, W. A. S. 1980 (See the bibliography for full references to sources)See also Correspondence, volume(s): 5,7
direct »Jean Baptiste François Étienne Ajasson de Grandsagne, 1802–45
French naturalist and writer . Studied and translated works of ancient science. Devoted himself to publishing a popular encyclopaedia. This enterprise exhausted his fortune and he died ruined in Lyon. Sources: DBF (See the bibliography for full references to sources)See also Correspondence, volume(s): 6
direct »Eleazar Albin, fl 1713–59
Naturalist and watercolour painter . Sources: DNB (See the bibliography for full references to sources)See also Correspondence, volume(s): 6
direct »Ulisse Aldrovandi, 1522–1605
Italian naturalist . Professor of natural history at Bologna University, 1561. Established the botanic garden and public museum of Bologna. Sources: DBI DSB (See the bibliography for full references to sources)See also Correspondence, volume(s): 5,6
direct »Joseph Wilhelm Eduard Alton, 1772–1840
German naturalist and art historian . Extraordinary professor, University of Bonn, 1818–26; ordinary professor of archaeology and art history, 1826–40. Sources: ADB (See the bibliography for full references to sources)See also Correspondence, volume(s): 8
direct »Francesco Anca, fl 1856(Baron Anca)
Sicilian writer and naturalist . Sources: IBN (See the bibliography for full references to sources)See also Correspondence, volume(s): 8
direct »Francisco d' Arruda Furtado, 1854–87
Naturalist who lived and worked on the Azores.
direct »Charles Paulus Bélanger, 1805–81
French naturalist . Sent by the French government to establish a botanic garden at Pondicherry, India. Travelled to Coramandel and Burma to gather plants for the garden. Returned to Paris via the Cape of Good Hope, where he collected plants, 1829. Director of the zoological gardens in Martinique, 1850. Sources: DBF (See the bibliography for full references to sources)See also Correspondence, volume(s): 5
direct »John Bachman, 1790–1874
American clergyman and naturalist . A close friend and collaborator of John James Audubon. Sources: DAB Elliott, C. A. 1979 (See the bibliography for full references to sources)See also Correspondence, volume(s): 2,5,8,9