History
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- Biographies of Biologists
- Page http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/help/topic/history.html
- Alphabetical list of biologists' and paleontologists' biographies maintained by the University of California Museum of Paleontology.
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- Biotech Chronicles
- Page http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/AB/BC/
- Variety of resources for teaching the history of biotechnology, including timelines, biographies, and stories.
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- Evolution of Evolution
- Page http://www.math.utah.edu/~heidi/evol0.html
- Essay on the interaction of human history, including women's history, and the development of evolution theory.
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- Evolution: Selected Papers and Commentary
- Page http://post.queensu.ca/~forsdyke/evolutio.htm
- Full-text versions of key papers in evolutionary biology from the nineteenth century onwards, with particular emphasis on the work of William Bateson and Darwin's close research associate, George Romanes.
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- Lefalophodon
- Page http://www.nceas.ucsb.edu/~alroy/lefa/lophodon.html
- An informal and incomplete guide to the history of evolutionary biology from about 1800 to about 1950. Its main emphases are on the late 19th century and on paleontology.
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- Life Sciences in the Twentieth Century
- Page http://depts.washington.edu/hssexec/newsletter/1997/allen.html
- History of Science Society newsletter article, by Garland Allen, 1997.
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- The History of Evolution
- Page http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/HISTEVOL.html
- Not just the historical aspects of evolution, but also the evolution of all species.
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- Ed Ricketts
- Page http://ecotopia.org/ecology-hall-of-fame/ed-ricketts/
- Marine biologist who lived from 1897 - 1948 and undertook research including the effect of wave shock on marine animals and plants.
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- Edward Drinker Cope (1840 - 1897)
- Page http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/cope.html
- Biographical information on this American paleontologist and evolutionist.
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- Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802)
- Page http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/Edarwin.html
- Grandfather of Charles Darwin and a philosopher, botanist, and naturalist in his own right.
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- Eugene Odum
- Page http://ecotopia.org/ecology-hall-of-fame/eugene-odum/
- Biologist who lived from 1913 - 2002 and pioneered the concept of the ecosystem.
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- Fabre, Jean-Henri Casimir ( 1823 - 1915 )
- Page http://www.e-fabre.com/en/
- The life and work of this entomologist. E-Texts and Gallery.
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- Henry David Thoreau
- Page http://ecotopia.org/ecology-hall-of-fame/henry-david-thoreau/
- Biography, appreciation and bibliography of this naturalist who believed that humans are part of nature and that we function best when we remember this.
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- John Burroughs
- Page http://ecotopia.org/ecology-hall-of-fame/john-burroughs/
- Appreciation, bibliography and extracts from the works of this naturalist
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- Robert Hooke
- Page http://www.roberthooke.org.uk/
- Site devoted to the life and work of Robert Hooke, one of the leading scientists of 17th century England, and first Curator of Experiments at the Royal Society.
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- Ruth Patrick
- Page http://ecotopia.org/ecology-hall-of-fame/ruth-patrick/
- Biographical details of one of the pioneers of ecology and the study of ecosystems.
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- Sistotrema confluens
- Page http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/dec2007.html
- Tom Volk provides photographs and information on this strange tooth fungus in honor of the tercentenary of the birth of Carl Linnaeus.
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- The Huxley File
- Page http://aleph0.clarku.edu/huxley/
- The works of Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895): physiologist, anatomist, anthropologist, agnostic, educator, and Darwin's bulldog.