The study of taxonomy in its broadest sense is probably the oldest branch of biology or natural history as well as the basis for all the other branch…

- Richard E. Blackwelder

Zoological taxonomists in general are inclined to be practical workers rather than philosophers, if only because they face such an unending task that…

- Richard E. Blackwelder

[About a conference on Systematic Biology] Many interesting statements were made that apply directly to the work of taxonomists. In some cases the in…

- Richard E. Blackwelder

Gifford Pinchot points out that in colonial and pioneer days the forest was a foe and an obstacle to the settler. It had to be cleared away... But [n…

- Richard E. Blackwelder