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His greatest contribution was the classification of species. -
He is regarded as the father of Empiricism, he helped develop the scientific method and he remained relevant during the scientific revolution. -
He introduced skepticism as an essential part of the scientific method. -
He was the first to define the characteristics of species in nature and to create a system for naming them which is known as binomial nomenclature. -
He is best known for contributing to Darwin's theory of evolution and his Theory of Inheritance of Acquired Characteristics. -
He helped shape what is today ecology, as well as the environmentalist movement. -
He observed that the topography and the type of soil have an effect on the kind of plants that grow in it. -
He was a pioneer of ecology in Britain and he introduced the concept of the ecosystem into bilology. -
He designated a branch of biology called oecologia to deal with how organisms relate to their external world. -
He popularized the study of ecosystems by making it an organizing concept in Fundamentals of Ecology.