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Robert H. Whittaker (English: Robert Harding Whittaker, December 27, 1920 - October 20, 1980) was a famous American biologist and ecologist. In 1969, he proposed Whittaker's five-kingdom system, which divided organisms into five kingdoms: prokaryotes, protists, plants, fungi, and animals. It had an important influence.

Category
Scientists
Nationality
United States
Born
1920-12-27
Died
1980-10-20
Wikidata
Q336893
Occupations botanistEcologistuniversity teacherclimatologist
Aliases Robert Harding WhittakerRobert WhittakerWhittakerWaitakeRobert WhitakerWeitek

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