Linnaeus, Carl - Biographical information on the "Father of Taxonomy" whose system for naming, ranking, and classifying organisms is still in use today. Hofmann, Albert - Dr. Albert Hofmann, the father of LSD, psilocybin, and psilocin. Joseph Dalton Hooker - A leading nineteenth century botanist, and close friend of Charles Darwin. Weigl, Rudolf Stefan - Professor Rudolf Stefan Weigl (1883-1957) has developed the first effective vaccine against typhus. Fabre, Jean-Henri Casimir ( 1823 - 1915 ) - The life and work of this entomologist. E-Texts and Gallery. Robert Hooke - Site devoted to the life and work of Robert Hooke, one of the leading scientists of 17th century England, and first Curator of Experiments at the Royal Society. Francis Galton: Pioneer of Heredity and Biometry - Information on a book by Michael Bulmer about this nineteenth century scientist's work on genetics, evolution and biological statistics. Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802) - Grandfather of Charles Darwin and a philosopher, botanist, and naturalist in his own right. Edward Drinker Cope (1840 - 1897) - Biographical information on this American paleontologist and evolutionist. Sistotrema confluens - Tom Volk provides photographs and information on this strange tooth fungus in honor of the tercentenary of the birth of Carl Linnaeus. Eugene Odum - Biologist who lived from 1913 - 2002 and pioneered the concept of the ecosystem. Ed Ricketts - Marine biologist who lived from 1897 - 1948 and undertook research including the effect of wave shock on marine animals and plants. Ruth Patrick - Biographical details of one of the pioneers of ecology and the study of ecosystems. Henry David Thoreau - Biography, appreciation and bibliography of this naturalist who believed that humans are part of nature and that we function best when we remember this. John Burroughs - Appreciation, bibliography and extracts from the works of this naturalist A Victorian Renaissance Man: John Obadiah Westwood - Exhibits materials about the life and work of a prolific nineteenth-century entomologist, archaeologist, and biological illustrator.