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This is a list of notable zoologists who have published names of new taxa under the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature. A * Abe – Tokiharu Abe (1911–1996) * Abeille de Perrin, Ab. – Elzéar Abeille de Perrin (1843–1910) * Able – Kenneth W. Able (born 1945) * Abbott, C.C. Abbott – Charles Conrad Abbott (1843–1919) general zoology * C. Abbott – Charles Abbot (1761–1817) entomology * J. Abbott – John Abbot (1751–1841) entomology, ornithology * W. Abbott, Abbott – William Louis Abbott (1860–1936) mainly ornithology * Acerbi – Giuseppe Acerbi (1773–1846) * Acero – Arturo Acero Pizarro (born 1954) * Adams, Ad. – Charles Baker Adams (1814–1853) malacology * A. Adams – Arthur Adams (1820–1878) mostly marine animals * A.L. Adams – Andrew Leith Adams (1827–1882) vertebrate paleontology * D.B. Adams – Daniel B. Adams (fl. 1979) paleontology * E. Adams – Edward Adams (1824–1856) * H. Adams – Henry Adams (1813–1 ...
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Zoology
Zoology ( , ) is the scientific study of animals. Its studies include the anatomy, structure, embryology, Biological classification, classification, Ethology, habits, and distribution of all animals, both living and extinction, extinct, and how they interact with their ecosystems. Zoology is one of the primary branches of biology. The term is derived from Ancient Greek , ('animal'), and , ('knowledge', 'study'). Although humans have always been interested in the natural history of the animals they saw around them, and used this knowledge to domesticate certain species, the formal study of zoology can be said to have originated with Aristotle. He viewed animals as living organisms, studied their structure and development, and considered their adaptations to their surroundings and the function of their parts. Modern zoology has its origins during the Renaissance and early modern period, with Carl Linnaeus, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Robert Hooke, Charles Darwin, Gregor Mendel a ...
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Edward Adams (surgeon)
Edward Adams (24 February 1824 – 12 November 1856) was an English Royal Navy officer, naval surgeon, naturalist, artist and Arctic explorer. Early life and career Adams was born at Great Barton, near Bury St Edmunds, on 24 February 1824. He became interested in natural history as a child. He qualified as a surgeon in April 1847, and in August of the same year became an assistant surgeon at the Royal Hospital Haslar in Gosport, Hampshire, before securing a transfer to the Naval Hospital in Devonport three months later. Arctic exploration Ross expedition In 1848, four months after his transfer to Devonport, he volunteered to join Sir James Clark Ross on his Arctic expedition to search for traces of Sir John Franklin's missing Northwest Passage expedition. Adams was aboard under Captain Edward Joseph Bird. They left in May 1848, but returned 18 months later without success. Collinson expedition In January 1850, Adams left on another exp ...
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Jon Edward Ahlquist
Jon Edward Ahlquist (27 July 1944 –7 May 2020Jon Edward Ahlquist obituary
''The Huntsville Times,'' 9–10 May 2020.) was an American molecular biologist and
ornithologist
who has specialized in
molecular phylogenetics
. He collaborated extensively with Charles Sibley, primarily at
Yale University
. ...
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Ernst Ahl
Christoph Gustav Ernst Ahl (1 September 1898 – 14 February 1945) was a German zoologist, born in Berlin. He was the director of the department of ichthyology and herpetology in the Museum für Naturkunde. He was also the editor in chief of the review ''Das Aquarium'' from 1927 to 1934. During World War II, Ahl fought in the ranks of the Wehrmacht - in Poland, North Africa, and later, Yugoslavia. He was executed while in refuge in Yugoslavia , common_name = Yugoslavia , life_span = 1918–19921941–1945: World War II in Yugoslavia#Axis invasion and dismemberment of Yugoslavia, Axis occupation , p1 = Kingdom of SerbiaSerbia , flag_p ..., after the partisans found out he was a German. He performed one of the first studies on bearded dragons determining what genus they belong to. Ahl is commemorated in the scientific names of two species of lizards: '' Anolis ahli'' and ''Emoia ahli''.Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson ...
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