Edward Tyson (20 January 1651 – 1 August 1708) was an English scientist and physician. He is commonly regarded as the founder of modern comparative anatomy, which compares the anatomy between species. (From Wikipedia) More about Edward Tyson:
| | Books by Edward Tyson: Tyson, Edward, 1650-1708: Orang-Outang, Sive Homo Sylvestris: or, The Anatomy of a Pygmie Compared With That of a Monkey, an Ape, and a Man; To Which is Added, A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies, the Cynocephali, the Satyrs, and Sphinges of the Ancients, Wherein it Will Appear That They Are All Either Apes or Monkeys, and Not Men, as Formerly Pretended (London: Printed for T. Bennet and D. Brown, 1699)
Additional books by Edward Tyson in the extended shelves: Tyson, Edward, 1650-1708: Carigueya, seu marsupiale Americanum, or, The anatomy of an opossum dissected at Gresham College by Edward Tyson ... (London : Printed for Sam. Smith and Benj. Walford ..., 1698) (HTML at EEBO TCP) Tyson, Edward, 1650-1708: Ephemeri vita. English (London : Printed for Henry Faithorne and John Kersey ..., 1681), also by Jan Swammerdam (HTML at EEBO TCP) Tyson, Edward, 1650-1708: Ephemeri vita ; or, The natural history and anatomy of the Ephemeron, a fly that lives but five hours. ([publisher not identified], 1681), also by Jan Swammerdam and Francis Lodowick (page images at HathiTrust) Tyson, Edward, 1650-1708: Lumbricus latus : or, a discourse read before the Royal Society, of the joynted worm, wherein a great many mistakes of former writers concerning it, are remarked; its natural history from more exact observations is attempted; and the whole urged, as a difficulty, against the doctrine of univocal generation. (L. Lichfield, 1683), also by History of Medicine Collections (Duke University) (page images at HathiTrust) Tyson, Edward, 1650-1708: A philological essay concerning the pygmies of the ancients. (D. Nutt, 1894), also by Bertram C. A. Windle (page images at HathiTrust) Tyson, Edward, 1650-1708: A Philological Essay Concerning the Pygmies of the Ancients, ed. by Bertram Coghill Alan Windle (Gutenberg ebook) Tyson, Edward, 1650-1708: Preliminary discourse concerning anatomy and a natural history of animals. (London : printed for Benj. Tooke at the Ship in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1680) (HTML at EEBO TCP)
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