Henry Paulson

My dad was somewhat of a naturalist and used to teach us about different birds and trees. So did a fifth grade teacher who made a lasting impact on me; to this day, I remember his lessons about counting the needles on pine trees, seeing if they are twisted or straight, and about checking the tips of oak leaves to see if they are pointed or lobed.

American Public Servant

Will Self

What the British seem to like are television historians and naturalists, not public intellectuals. You can't help feeling that's because one supplies narrative and the other supplies facts, and the British are traditionally empiricists so they/we have a resistance to theory and to theoreticians playing too prominent a role in public life.

English Author

Greg Graffin

I don't bill myself as an atheist but as a naturalist. Naturalism is a belief system. A lot of scientists bristle at that. We all have to believe we can find the truth. Evidence is my guide. I rely on observation, experimentation and verification.

American Musician

Asa Gray

The former conviction that these two kingdoms were wholly different in structure, in function, and in kind of life, was not seriously disturbed by the difficulties which the naturalist encountered when he undertook to define them.

American Scientist

Phillip E. Johnson

According to the scientific naturalist version of cosmic history, nature is a permanently closed system of material effects that can never be influenced by something from outside - like God, for example.

American Educator

Alfred Russel Wallace

But naturalists are now beginning to look beyond this, and to see that there must be some other principle regulating the infinitely varied forms of animal life.

British Scientist

Gore Vidal

It is essential to naturalist doctrine that literature, to be good, must, finally, be the author's experience worked out literally.

American Novelist

E. O. Wilson

One thing I did was grow up as an ardent naturalist. I never grew out of my bug period.

Jane Goodall

I never wanted to be a scientist per se. I wanted to be a naturalist.

English Scientist

William Beebe

To be a naturalist is better than to be a king.

American Explorer

Naturalists often work outdoors, observing wildlife in their natural habitats.

Outdoor Occupation

Naturalists typically document and interpret ecological data, contributing to scientific research.

Scientific Research

Naturalists often educate others about nature, working at parks, museums, or schools.

Education

Naturalists in philosophy reject supernatural explanations in favor of science and reason.

Natural Explanation

Philosophical naturalists may emphasize ethics based on human nature and societal wellbeing.

Ethical Perspectives

Amateur naturalists are hobbyists who actively engage in observing and studying nature.

Hobbyist Enthusiasm

Naturalists can contribute to citizen science projects, aiding in environmental conservation efforts.

Citizen Science

Naturalists often advocate for conservation and protection of natural areas and wildlife.

Nature Advocacy

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 he was an extraordinary person living there and down in camp and yet communicating with naturalist all over the world but by post which took weeks