Get flash to fully experience Pearltrees Pierre-Louis Moreau de
Maupertuis ( French: [mopɛʁtɥi] ; 17 July 1698 – 27 July 1759) [
1 ] was a French mathematician , philosopher and man of letters
. He became the Director of the Académie des Sciences , and the
first President of the Prussian Academy of Science , at the
invitation of Frederick the Great . John Bartram ((23 March [
O.S. ] 1699, Darby, Pennsylvania - September 22, 1777,
Philadelphia ) was an early American botanist , horticulturist
and explorer . Carolus Linnaeus said he was the "greatest
natural botanist in the world." [ 2 ] [ edit ] Early life
Nicholas Culpeper (18 October 1616 – 10 January 1654) was an
English botanist , herbalist , physician , and astrologer .
Francesco Redi (February 18, 1626 – March 1, 1697) was an
Italian physician , naturalist , and poet . [ edit ] Biography
The son of Gregorio Redi and Cecilia de Ghinci was born in
Arezzo on February 18, 1626. John Ray (29 November 1627 – 17
January 1705) was an English naturalist , sometim