Who proposed the five kingdom classification?

Schwann and Schleiden

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Carl Linnaeus

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Virchow

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R. H. Whittaker

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Solution

The correct option is D
R. H. Whittaker

R. H. Whittaker, an American ecologist, proposed the five kingdom classification. He divided organisms into five kingdoms—Monera, Protista, Fungi, Animalia and Plantae.

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