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Jan 1, 1550
James Ussher
The traditional Judeo-Christian version of creationism was strongly reinforced by James Ussher , a 17th century Anglican archbishop of Armagh in Northern Ireland. -
Apr 16, 1557
Carl Linnaeus
On April 16 1557 Carl Linnaeus Publishes his system for giving Latin names to plants Carl Linnaeus is ennobled for his major contributions to the nation and to science. -
John Ray
The concept of genus and species was actually developed in the late 1600's by John Ray, an English naturalist and ordained minister. -
Birth of Carl Linnaeus
He was born on 1703 May 23 Carl Linneaeus was born in smaland. -
Immanuel Kant
German philosopher Immanuel Kant developed a concept of descent thinking that is relatively close to Darwin's Thinking.Born on 1724 April in konigsburg Prussia the German philosopher Immanuel Kant was born to a family of the Prietist sect. -
Carolus Linnaeus
The leading biological scientist of the mid 18th century was the Swedish botanist Karl von Linné (Carolus Linnaeus in Latin). -
Carl Linnaeus
on March 18 1741 Carl Linnaeus was appointed as Professor of Medicine in Uppsala. He travels during the year to Gotland and Öland, commissioned by parliament to look for natural resources. -
Birth of Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Born:August 1, 1744
Bazentin, Picardie
Died:December 18, 1829 (aged 85)
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Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck's was born on August 1, 1744, in the village of Bazentin-le-Petit in the north of France. -
James Hutton
James Hutton (1726–1797), a Scottish farmer and naturalist, is known as the founder of modern geology. -
Pierre-Louis Moreau
1751 - Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis
Pierre-Louis Moreau de Maupertuis in his book, "Systeme de la Nature" theorized on the nature of heredity and how new species come into being. He thought that speciation took place by chance events in nature -
Charles Bonnet
1770 - Charles Bonnet
Charles Bonnet, a Swiss naturalist, wrote in his book, "Philosophical Palingesis" that the females of each organism contain the next generation in miniature form. He believed that natural catastrophes sparked evolutionary changes in organisms. -
George Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
The French mathematician and naturalist, George Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon , actually said that living things do change through time. -
carolus linnaeus died
Carolus Linnaeus dies on January 10th, 1778. -
George Cuvier
Cuvier did not reject the idea that there had been earlier life forms. In fact, he was the first scientist to document extinctions of ancient animals and was an internationally respected expert on dinosaurs. However, he rejected the idea that their existence implied that evolution had occurred--he dogmatically maintained the "fixity" of species. -
Erasmus Darwin
grandfather of the well known 19th century naturalist, Charles Darwin. Erasmus was an English country physician, poet, and amateur scientist. He believed that evolution has occurred in living things, including humans, but he only had rather fuzzy ideas about what might be responsible for this change. -
First term
In an 1802 publication, he became one of the first to use the term biology in its modern sense. -
Immanuel Kant
Immanual Kent died on February 12th,1804. He never traveled more than 40 miles from his hometown. -
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck published a series of books on invertebrate zoology and paleontology. Of these, philosophies ans Zoologique published in 1809 But Jean-Baptiste Lamarck's works never became popular during his lifetime,about the theory of evolution. -
Charles Lyell
A careful examination of European geological deposits in the early 19th century led the English lawyer and geologist, Charles Lyell , to conclude that Cuvier's catastrophism theory was wrong. He believed that there primarily have been slower, progressive changes.
