"Our view today reaches only so immensely far because we are standing on the shoulders of giants..."

Have you ever wondered who was the person whom you know only from the names attached to a species?

Explore here photographs of some well known and some less well known researchers. Get a view on past working conditions and you might perhaps understand why not all results could stand the test of time.

For various reasons,  only pictures of persons who have either retired or were born before 1945 can be shown.

PS: if you should have historic photos of hydrozoan systematists or other historic photos documenting the working conditions of the 19th century marine biologist, I would be more than happy if you could send me copy.