Compiled by Rob Chappell
"Verily the works and words of those gone before us have become instances and examples to men of our modern day."
-- The Arabian Nights, Translated by Sir Richard Burton (1850)
The Greek poet Hesiod (8th century BCE) and his Muse stroll across the meadow on his family farm (notice the haystacks in the background) in this painting by the French artist Edmond Aman-Jean (ca. 1860-1935).
- Aristotle -- "The Master of Those Who Know" (Writings)
- Avicenna -- Polymath Physician of Medieval Persia
- George Washington Carver -- Botanist, Educator, and Inventor
- John Chapman (Johnny Appleseed) -- Arboriculturist of the Midwestern Frontier
- Erasmus Darwin -- Natural Philosopher, Physician, and Poet (Charles Darwin's Grandfather)
- Galen -- Comparative Anatomist and Physician of Ancient Rome (On the Natural Faculties)
- James N. Gardner -- Scientific Essayist and Expounder of the Biocosm Hypothesis
- James Herriot -- The Literary British Veterinarian and Friend to All Creatures Great and Small
- Hesiod -- Composer of the Works and Days, a Greek Agricultural Almanac
- Hippocrates -- Founding Father of Western Medicine (Writings)
- Sir Fred Hoyle -- Astrobiologist, Cosmologist, and Speculative Fiction Writer (Scientific Legacy)
- Alexander von Humboldt -- German Naturalist and Explorer of Latin America
- Imhotep -- The First Scientist in Recorded History
- James Lovelock -- Originator of the Gaia Hypothesis
- Lynn Margulis -- Proponent of the Symbiogensis Theory of Speciation
- Cyrus McCormick -- Inventor of the Mechanical Reaper and Founder of International Harvester
- Pliny the Elder -- Roman Statesman, Naturalist, and Encyclopedist (Writings)
- Rupert Sheldrake -- Innovative Research Biologist
- Virgil -- Composer of the Georgics, a Didactic Poem on Roman Agriculture
- Alfred Russel Wallace -- Globe-Trotting Naturalist and Codiscoverer (with Charles Darwin) of Natural Section
- Laura Ingalls Wilder -- Pioneer, Agricultural Communicator, and Author of the Little House Series of Autobiographical Novels
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