The term 'biology' was coined by:

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A Lamarck and Treviranus
B Darwin
C John Ray
D Aristotle

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Answer: A. Lamarck and Treviranus

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck: A French naturalist who used the term in his work Hydrogéologie in 1802.

Gottfried Reinhold Treviranus: A German naturalist who used it in his book Biologie oder Philosophie der lebenden Natur in 1802.

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