[f. BIOLOGY + -IST.] One who studies biology or (quot. 1874) a ‘professor’ of ‘electro-biology.’
1813. J. Stanfield, Biography, ii. 57. If the Biologist (should a distinctive term be allowed) come not to his study with the same spirit of impartiality that is required from the Biographer.
1874. Carpenter, Ment. Phys. (1876), 553. In the public exhibition of professed Biologists.
1879. Wright, Anim. Life, 2. The Biologist has to study both Plants and Animals.
