20th-century naturalists

Henry Williamson

English author who wrote novels concerned with wildlife, English social history and ruralism

Carl Sagan

American astronomer, planetary scientist, cosmologist, astrophysicist, astrobiologist, author, and science communicator

Gavin Maxwell

British naturalist and author, best known for his non-fiction writing and his work with otters

Gerald Durrell

British naturalist, writer, zookeeper, conservationist, and television presenter

Loren Eiseley

American anthropologist, educator, philosopher, and natural science writer, who taught and published books from the 1950s through the 1970s. He received many honorary degrees and was a fellow of multiple professional societies

Rachel Carson

American marine biologist, author, and conservationist whose influential book Silent Spring and other writings are credited with advancing the global environmental movement

Henry Beston

American writer and naturalist, best known as the author of The Outermost House, written in 1928.