History of Biology

  • Galen Of Pergamon
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    Galen Of Pergamon

    Prominant roman physician, surgeon and philosopher
  • Anton Von Lewnhoek

    Anton Von Lewnhoek

    The father of microscopy
  • Robert Hooke

    Robert Hooke

    First to describe a cell
  • Carolus Linneus

    Carolus Linneus

    Layed the foundations for the modern scheme of bionmial nomenclature
  • Jean Baptiste Lamark

    Jean Baptiste Lamark

    Evolution, inheritance and influence Geoffroy
  • John James Audubon

    John James Audubon

    Bird Anatomy and Ornathology
  • Mattias Schlieden

    Mattias Schlieden

    Founder of cell theory
  • Charles Darwin

    Charles Darwin

    The orignator of the biolgical theory of evolution
  • Theodor Schwann

    Theodor Schwann

    The develoment of cell theory
  • William Jenner

    William Jenner

    Makes the distiction between typhus and typhoid
  • Rudolf Virchow

    Rudolf Virchow

    Father of modern pathology
  • Gregor Mendel

    Gregor Mendel

    The founder of genetics
  • Louis Pasteur

    Louis Pasteur

    One of the most important founders of medical microbiology
  • Joseph Lister

    Joseph Lister

    The founder of medical microbiology aand the germ theory of disease
  • Jacques Cousteau

    Jacques Cousteau

    Improved technology and helped improve scuba technology
  • Francis Crick

    Francis Crick

    A co-discoverer of the structure of the DNA molecule
  • Dian Fossey

    Dian Fossey

    American zoologist who undertook and extensive study of gorilla groups
  • Jane Goodall

    Jane Goodall

    Expert on Chimpazee's and founder of the Jane Goodall institution
  • James Watson

    James Watson

    Codisovery of DNA
  • Alec Jeffreys

    Alec Jeffreys

    Developed techniques for DNA fingerprinting
  • James Thomson

    James Thomson

    Pioneer of stem cell reasearch
  • Kary Mullis

    Kary Mullis

    Developed DNA PCR Amplification