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Russell, Herbrand Arthur
Russell, Herbrand Arthur
Persoon · 1858-1940

Herbrand Arthur Russell, 11th Duke of Bedford, was and English politician and peer. He was the son of Francis Russell, 9th Duke of Bedford, and his wife Lady Elizabeth Sackville-West, daughter of George Sackville-West, 5th Earl De La Warr.

He was President of the Zoological Society of London from 1899 to 1936, and was concerned with animal preservation throughout his life. He was instrumental in saving the milu (or Pere David's deer), which was already extinct by 1900 in its native China. He acquired a few remaining deer from European zoos and nurtured a herd of them at Woburn Abbey. He gifted Himalayan tahr to the New Zealand government in 1903.
Bennett, George
Persoon · 1804-1893

George Bennett was an English-born Australian physician and naturalist, winner of the Clarke Medal in 1890. In 1835 Bennett published in the Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, vol. 1, pp. 229-58, "Notes on the Natural History and Habits of the Ornithorhyncus paradoxus, Blum," one of the earliest papers of importance written on the platypus
Bianconi, Giovanni Giuseppe
Persoon · 1809-1878

Giovanni Giuseppe Bianconi, sometimes J. Josephi or Joseph Bianconi, was an Italian zoologist, herpetologist, botanist and geologist.

He was a Professor of Natural History at the University of Bologna. In the field of herpetology he described new species of amphibians and reptiles.

In 1874, Bianconi published a book on "independent creations", which utilised zoological arguments against Darwinism. Bianconi argued that "enlightened application of laws of mechanics, physics, physiology" led to the conclusion that every part of an organism had been created by the "unlimited intelligence" of God.

Bianconi argued that homologous structures are explained on mechanical principles. Darwin briefly mentioned Bianconi and rejected his arguments in a footnote in his The Descent of Man
Brady, George Stewardson
Persoon · 1832-1921

George Stewardson Brady was a professor of natural history at the Hancock Museum in Newcastle-upon-Tyne who did important volumes on Copeposa and Ostracoda, including those from the Challenger expedition
Brooks, Charles William Shirley
Persoon · 1816-1874

Charles William Shirley Brooks was an English journalist and novelist. Born in London, he began his career in a solicitor's office. Shortly afterwards he took to writing, and contributed to various periodicals. In 1851 he joined the staff of Punch, to which he contributed "Essence of Parliament," and on the death of Mark Lemon in 1870 he succeeded him as editor. He published a few novels, including Aspen Court and The Gordian Knot
Brown, Robert
Brown, Robert
Persoon · 1842-1895

Robert Brown was a British scientist, explorer and author. He was a lecturer on geology, botany and zoology in Edinburgh and Glasgow, and was a member of many learned societies in England, American and on the Continent
Joy, Albert Bruce- 
Persoon · 1842-1924

Albert Bruce-Joy was an Irish sculptor working in England
Bruce, William Spiers
Bruce, William Spiers
Persoon · 1867-1921

William Spiers Bruce was a British naturalist, polar scientist and oceanographer who organised and led the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition to the South Orkney Islands and the Weddell Sea