668 WHO ARE SOME OF THE MAKERS OF BIOLOGY? 



PROBLEM IV. WHAT ARE SOME GREAT NAMES IN 

 NATURAL HISTORY? 



Linnaeus. 1 The one name that stands out in the early science of 

 classification of plants is that of Carl von Linne, known to us as 

 Linnaeus. Modern classification of plants (and subsequently of 

 animals) dates from the time of the publication of his great work, 



in which all the forms of 

 plants known at that time were 

 described and arranged accord- 

 ing to a definite system. 



Louis Agassiz. 2 In this 

 country the names of pioneers 

 in natural history stand out 

 above a host of others. They 

 are Audubon and Agassiz. 

 Louis Agassiz was born in 

 Switzerland in 1807. Coming 

 to this country in 1846, he 

 soon became one of the best- 

 known and best-liked profes- 

 sors at Harvard. He founded 

 the great Harvard Museum of 

 Comparative Zoology. He 

 was most interested in marine 

 life and he established the first 

 summer school for the study 

 of natural history on the island 

 of Penikese off Cape Cod, 

 Massachusetts, in 1873. This was the beginning from which 

 sprung the world-famous marine laboratory at Woods Hole, 

 Massachusetts, where many of the biologists of this country have 

 had at least a part of their training. 



John James Audubon (1785-1851) was French by birth and 

 education. He was educated as a gentleman in a wealthy family, 

 and studied drawing among other subjects. But he always was a 



1 Linnaeus : li-ne'ws. 



2 Atmssiz ! ag'd-se. 



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