Biology timeline

By Brahm
  • Period: Dec 16, 1500 to

    Biology

  • William Harvey

    William Harvey

    first to describe the circulation of blood, and how the heart pumps blood through your veins.
  • Jean Baptiste  Denis

    Jean Baptiste Denis

    succesfully transfered blood from a lamb to a human
  • Anton van Leeuwenhoek

    Anton van Leeuwenhoek

    First person to discover living bacteria
  • Edward Jenner

    Edward Jenner

    uses cowpox as a vaccine to cure small pox
  • Thomas Mathus

    Thomas Mathus

    Pointed out the effects of population increase
  • Clara Barton

    Clara Barton

    Founder of the Red Cross
  • Charles Darwin

    Charles Darwin

    Developed a theory of evolution and natural selection.
  • Florence Nightengale

    Florence Nightengale

    Helped make being a nurse a womans job and helped form what we know as the modern nurse
  • Louis Pasteur

    Louis Pasteur

    invents sterilization
  • Joseph Lister

    Joseph Lister

    First to use sterile surgical technique
  • Robert Koch

    Robert Koch

    discovered anthrax
  • Gregor Mendel

    Gregor Mendel

    Father of modern genetics
  • Paul Ehrlich

    Paul Ehrlich

    Found a cure for syphilis
  • Sir Alexander Fleming

    Sir Alexander Fleming

    discovered the medical uses of penicilium mold
  • Bernard Fantus

    Bernard Fantus

    Formed first blood bank
  • Dr. Charles Drews

    Dr. Charles Drews

    Started a blood bank to help fulfill world war 2 needs
  • Howard Florey and Ernst Chain

    Howard Florey and Ernst Chain

    Isolate penicillin and create first antibiotic drug
  • Carl Walter

    introduced the first plastic bag to collect blood
  • Jonas Salk

    Jonas Salk

    made a vaccine for Polio
  • Albert Sabin

    Albert Sabin

    Made an oral vaccine for Polio