Edward Drinker Cope was a 19th-century American paleontologist and comparative anatomist who became a rival of Othniel Charles Marsh in the "Bone Wars," a race to discover and name new species.
Charles Lyell was a renowned British geologist whose groundbreaking work in the field of Uniformitarianism greatly influenced the scientific understanding of Earth's geological history.
James Dwight Dana was a renowned American geologist, mineralogist, and zoologist who made significant contributions to the understanding of the Earth's crust and marine life.
Linnaeus was a renowned Swedish botanist, zoologist, and taxonomist who formalized the modern system of naming organisms.