Topic summary
Taxidermists
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Taxidermy.
Taxidermists
- Carl Akeley (1864–1926), the father of modern taxidermy
- Jean-Baptiste Bécœur (1718–1777), French ornithologist, taxidermist, and inventor of arsenical soap
- Harry Ferris Brazenor (1863–1948), 19th-century British taxidermist
- James Dickinson, MBE (1959–), retired British taxidermist, known for his restorations of existing specimens
- John Edmonstone (c. 1790-?), British-Guyanese taxidermist who taught Charles Darwin the art of taxidermy in 1825
- William Temple Hornaday (1854–1937), American zoologist, conservationist, and taxidermist who was the first director of the Bronx Zoo
- Martha Maxwell (1831–1881), American naturalist, taxidermist, and artist who was the first female naturalist to obtain and taxidermy her own specimens
- Charles Johnson Maynard (1845–1929), American naturalist, ornithologist, and taxidermist who discovered many new species and authored many notable publications
- Charles Willson Peale (1741–1827), American painter, Revolutionary War veteran, inventor, naturalist, and polymath who organized the first U.S. scientific expedition in 1801
- Hermann Ploucquet (1816–1878), German naturalist and taxidermist best known for his works of anthropomorphic taxidermy
- Walter Potter (1835–1918), Victorian era British creator of iconic whimsical anthropomorphic taxidermy dioramas
- Jules Verreaux (1807–1873), French botanist, ornithologist, and taxidermy collector and trader
- James Rowland Ward (1848–1912), British taxidermist and founder of Rowland Ward Limited, known for its furniture and household items made of animal parts
- Carl Cotton (1918–1971), the first African American taxidermist at the Field Museum