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384 BCE
Aristotle
He believed in Spontaneous Generation. He may also be the first Biologist in Western tradition. -
Antonie von Leeuwenhoek
He is best known as the first person to observe and describe single celled organisms. He was also the first to record and observe muscle fibers, bacteria, spermatozoa, and blood flowing in capillaries through his first simple microscope. -
Carolus Linnaeus
He is famous for his work in Taxonomy, the science of identifying,naming,classifying organism.He was a Swedish Botanist -
Edward Jenner
he was an English doctor,the pioneer of smallpox vaccination and the father of immunology. he most of his time researching and advising developments in his vaccine. -
John Snow
He was an English Physician and a leader in the adoption of anesthesia and medical hygiene.He is considered one of the fathers of modern epidemiology. -
Florence Nightingale
During the Crimean War,she and a team of nurses improved the unsanitary conditions at a British base hospital greatly reducing the death count. She was know for her night rounds to aid the wounded,establishing her image as the "Lady with the Lamp." -
Louis Pasteur
He discovered that microorganisms cause fermentation and disease. He also originated the process of pasteurization. -
Robert Koch
He is the Founder of Modern bacteriology. He established a sequence of experimental steps that verified the germ theory . -
Hans Ernst August Buchner
He is a German Bacteriologist who discovered a naturally occurring substance in the blood that is capable of destroying bacteria. He also devised methods of studying anaerobic bacteria. -
Joseph Lister
He set a principle that bacteria must never gain entry to an operation wound which remains the basis of surgery to this day. He is the person who created the concept of antiseptics.
