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One of the earliest scholars to articulate the Theory of Spontaneous Generation, the notion that life can arise from nonliving matter.
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First person to observe and describe single celled organisms; Which he originally referred to as animalcules (which we now refer to as microorganisms)
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Carolus Linnaeus is the father of taxonomy, which is the system of classifying and naming organisms. One of his contributions was the development of a hierarchical system of classification of nature.
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The first vaccine for smallpox.
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For his persistent efforts to determine how cholera was spread and for the statistical mapping methods he initiated, John Snow is widely considered to be the father of [modern] epidemiology
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Fundamently changed the role of nursing in hospitals, and was a key figure in introducing new professional training standards
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Came up with the food preparing process known as pasteurization
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Introduced basic antiseptic techniques.
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Robert Koch is widely known for his work with anthrax, discovering the causative agent of the fatal disease to be Bacillus anthracis. He discovered the formation of spores in anthrax bacteria, which could remain dormant under specific conditions.
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Hans Buchner was a pioneer in the field of immunology. He was the first to discover a substance in blood serum that was capable of destroying bacteria. He called the substance "alexin", which was later named "complement" by Paul Ehrlich
In 1888 he introduced the pyrogallic method for cultivation of anaerobic bacteria.
