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Word: taxonomist (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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Roth, who received his Ph.D. in insect physiology in 1946, is the specialist to whom biologists turn most frequently for information on cockroaches. "He's probably the foremost cockroach taxonomist. He has a world-renowned reputation. He's a very brilliant and helpful individual," Patterson says...

Author: By Shari Rudavsky, | Title: Roaches: Nuisance or Science? | 5/6/1988 | See Source »

...passionate fisherman and a passionate taxonomist, and so his collected works include Catalogue of Books on Angling, including Ichthyology, Pisciculture, Etc. Once when he caught a seven-pound trout, he sent it to his friend and whist partner James Russell Lowell, and Lowell rewarded him (and the trout) with some forellean verses that began...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: Updating John's Sockdolager | 11/3/1980 | See Source »

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