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The History Of Classification
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The History Of Classification
John Ray
Edward Topsell
Quirinus Rivinus
Pliny the Elder 29-79
Edward Topsell is very famous for his work on a book called "The History Of Four-Footed Beasts and Serpents'. This 1,100 page book was greatly inspired by Konrad Gesner's work.
Pliny the Elder was a Roman historian and military commander who was inspired by Aristotle. Pliny learnt that classification can be based upon the objects characteristics.
John Ray was a famous naturalist and philosopher. Ray was a very bright child at a young age and excelled at academia. Starting with the 'Catalogue of Cambridge Plants' Ray released several more writings on plants and animals and classified them into group of plants and animals and classified them into the groups of plants, birds, animals, fish and insects along with scientific names.
Quirinus Rivinus is famous for his work in 'Introductio generalis in rem herbariam' a book which Joseph Pitton de Tournefort and Carl Linnaeus have read. Much like John Ray, Rivinus used dichotomas keys to lead to higher groups, of which he called 'higher genera' which lead down to the 'lower genera'. Rivinus also agreed with John Ray upon plant classification.
1652-1723AD
29-79AD
1628-1705AD
1572-1638AD
1707 -1778AD
384 - 322 BC
1656-1708AD
1525-1603AD
1516-1565AD
Aristotle
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort
Andrea Caesalpino
Konrad Gesner
Carolus Linnaeus
Aristotle is a Greek philosopher. He divided organisms into 2 groups Plants and Animals. He divided animals into Blood and Bloodless and also divided animals according to how they moved Walking, Flying or swimming. People used his system into the 1600's
Andrea Caesalpino was a botanist that had a much different approach to classification of plants then Linnaeus. Inspired by Aristotle, Andrea made his classification on the seeds and fruits produced by the plants.
Konrad Gesner learnt that information can emerge if things are classified or organized. He is well known because he classified almost every animal that he read about, fictional or real. Konrad was inspired by Aristotle and Pliny.
Joseph Pitton de Tournefort was a botanist that was famous for his botanical works.Tournefort collected many specimens from Asia minor to Greecce and wrote the beautiful 'Elements de botanique'. Joseph excelled at observation and some discriptions a accepted today.
Quite possibly one of the most famous people when referring to classification is Carolus Linnaeus. Linnaeus is so famous because he made the Linnaean Classification system, a system of classification that grouped together species based on their genetic structures and how they reproduced. He is also famous for writting Systema Naturae.