Births
1501 - Leonhart Fuchs, German physician and botanist
1560 - Gaspard Bauhin, Swiss botanist
1761 - James Hall, Scottish geologist
Deaths
1705 - John Ray, English naturalist
1884 - Hermann Schlegel, German ornithologist
1997 - Clyde Tombaugh, American astronomer
2005 - Albert Schatz, American microbiologist
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