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