systematist

[ sis-tuh-muh-tist ]

/ ˈsɪs tə mə tɪst /

a person who constructs a system.

a naturalist engaged in classification.

a person who adheres to a system, order, or method.

Origin of systematist

1690–1700; < Greek systēmat- (stem of sýstēma) system + -ist

This is convenient for the systematist, but embarrassing for the naturalist.

Birds of the Indian Hills |Douglas Dewar
For once, the systematist had labeled them opportunely, and we never called them anything but Furipterus horrens.

Edge of the Jungle |William Beebe
As a systematist of vast experience Lamarck knew how difficult it is in practice to distinguish species from varieties.

Form and Function |E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell
He was the first systematist to occupy himself in a philosophical manner with the problems of general biology.

Form and Function |E. S. (Edward Stuart) Russell

From the above brief account it may perhaps be concluded that Berkeley was essentially a systematist and founder of new species.

Makers of British Botany; a collection of biographies by living botanists |Various

systematist

/ (ˈsɪstɪmətɪst) /

a person who constructs systems

an adherent of a system

a taxonomist