Notable Ecologists, Environmentalists, & Conservationists Posters “T...-Z...-”
for science & social studies classrooms, home schoolers, offices.

Henry David Thoreau
b. 7-12-1817; Concord, MA
d. 5-6-1862; Concord, MA

“If a man does not keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured or far away.” Walden, Henry David Thoreau

• Henry David Thoreau posters
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Alfred Russel Wallace
b. 1-8-1823; Wales
d. 11-7-1913; England

Biologist Alfred Russel Wallace, who explored and did extensive field work in the Amazon and Malay Archipelago, is best remembered for proposing a natural selection evolutionary theory before Darwin. Wallace's ideas include biogeography, the study of where organisms live and their population size, and why a certain organism is or is not found in a certain geographical area.

Wallace was one of the first to raise concerns over the environmental impact of human activity and was critical of the social and economic systems of 19th century England.

Izaak Walton
b. 8-9-1593; England
d. 12-15-1682

Izaak Walton, the author and angler known as “Pater Piscatorum” or “Father of Fishers”, wrote The Compleat Angler, or the Contemplative Man's Recreation, a popular classic treatise on fishing that goes beyond techniques, embracing a life that values serenity and appreciation for creation.

Izaak Walton quote ~
• “Angling may be said to be so like the mathematics that it can never be fully learned.”

• seafood posters
• aquatic posters

Eugenius Warming
b. 11-3-1841; Denmark
d. 4-2-1924

Botanist Eugenius Warming was a main founding figure of the scientific discipline of ecology, writing the first textbook (1895) on plant ecology and teaching the first university course in ecology.

Terry Tempest Williams
b. 9-8-1955; California

Author, naturalist, and conservationist, Terry Tempest Williams addresses issues of ecology and wilderness preservation, women's health, and exploring individual's relationship to culture and nature.

Edward O. Wilson
b. 6-10-1929; Birmingham, AL

Biologist, naturalist, conservationist, author and professor, E. O. Wilson, is a two time winner of the Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction. His specialty is myrmecology, the study of ants; he originally chose to study insects because he lost the sight in one eye as a child and observing at a distance was difficult, however a shortage of pins during WWII caused him to switch to ants that could be stored in a vial. Adaptation?