Carl Linnaeus (Latinized as Carolus Linnaeus, also known after his ennoblement as, 23 May 1707 – 10 January 1778) was a Swedish
botanist, physician, and zoologist, who laid the foundations for the modern scheme of binomial nomenclature. He is known as
the father of modern taxonomy, and is also considered one of the fathers of modern ecology. Linnaeus was born in the countryside
of Småland, in southern Sweden.
Albert Einstein (14 March 1879–18 April 1955) was a German-born Swiss-American theoretical physicist, philosopher and author
who is widely regarded as one of the most influential and best known scientists and intellectuals of all time. He is often
regarded as the father of modern physics. He received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his services to Theoretical Physics,
and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect.
Charles Robert Darwin FRS (12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist who showed that all species of life
have descended over time from common ancestors, and proposed the scientific theory that this branching pattern of evolution
resulted from a process that he called natural selection. He published his theory with compelling evidence for evolution in
his 1859 book On the Origin of Species.
Sigmund Freud, born Sigismund Schlomo Freud (6 May 1856 – 23 September, 1939), was a Jewish-Austrian neurologist who founded
the psychoanalytic school of psychiatry. Freud is best known for his theories of the unconscious mind and the defense mechanism
of repression and for creating the clinical practice of psychoanalysis for treating psychopathology through dialogue between
a patient (technically referred to as an "analysand") and a psychoanalyst.
Sir Isaac Newton FRS (4 January 1643 – 31 March 1727) was an English physicist, mathematician, astronomer, natural philosopher,
alchemist, and theologian who is considered by many scholars and members of the general public to be one of the most influential
men in human history.
George Bentham CMG FRS (22 September 1800 – 10 September 1884) was an English botanist, characterized by Duane Isely as "the
premier systematic botanist of the nineteenth century".
