Biologist Timeline

  • William Harvey

    William Harvey

    He showed how the heart pumps blood thoughout the body
  • Carolus Linaaeus

    Carolus Linaaeus

    Published the first addition of Species Plantarum
  • Edward Jenner

    Edward Jenner

    Discovered a vaccine for small pox
  • Marry Anning

    Marry Anning

    Revealed an entire ichthyosaur
  • Thomas Malthus

    Thomas Malthus

    He predicted that the population would destroy the earth
  • Charle Darwin

    Charle Darwin

    He wrote the book orgin of species
  • Florence Nightengale

    Florence Nightengale

    she opened one of the first nursing schools
  • Louis Pasteur

    Louis Pasteur

    He discovered the process of pasteurization
  • Gregor Mendel

    Gregor Mendel

    He was the father of modern genetics
  • Robert Koch

    Robert Koch

    He isolated anthrax
  • Clara Barton

    Clara Barton

    Found the red cross
  • Joseph Lister

    Joseph Lister

    He promoted the idea of sterile surgery
  • Paul Ehrlich

    Paul Ehrlich

    He discovered the side-chain theory
  • Hugo de Vries

    Hugo de Vries

    He wrote The Mutation Theory
  • Raymond Dart

    Raymond Dart

    He found the first specimen of the australopithecine
  • Sir Alexander Fleming

    Sir Alexander Fleming

    He discovered penicillin
  • Dr.Charles Drews

    Dr.Charles Drews

    He researched in the field of blood transfusion
  • Erwin Chargaff

    Erwin Chargaff

    He discovered two rules which led to finding the double helix
  • Jonas Salk

    Jonas Salk

    He discovered a vaccine for polio
  • Albert Sabin

    Albert Sabin

    He discovered a vaccine for polio also