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Aristotle
Aristotle coherently synthesized the doctrine of spontaneous generation. He expanded the work before natural philosophers and various ancient explanations . -
Anton van Leeuwenhoek
Known for his work and development and improvement of the microscope. He was the first person to observe and describe single celled organisms and known for his contribution to the study of microbiology. -
Carolus Linnaeus
He is a Swedish naturalist and explorer who was the first to frame principles for defining natural genera and species of organisms and to create a uniform system for naming them. It was the botanical section of Systema Naturae that built his scientific reputation. -
Edward Jenner
Scientist that was a pioneer of the smallpox vaccine, which is the worlds first vaccine. He is also known as the father of immunology. -
John Snow
Considered one of the fathers of modern epidemiology for tracing the source of outbreak of cholera in Soho in 1854. Also leader in adoption of anesthesia and medical hygiene. -
Florence Nightingale
Known as the founder of modern nursing. In 1860 she established St. Thomas' Hospital and the Nightingale Training School for nurses. She used the money that Queen Victoria granted her to fund the establishment of St. Thomas' Hospital and training school. -
Louis Pasteur
He came up with the food preparing process known as pasteurization and he also developed a vaccination for anthrax and rabies. -
Joseph Lister
He is a surgeon that introduced new principles of cleanliness in the late 1800's. Gave the new idea of sterilizing hands before surgery with chemicals and sterilization with heat. -
Robert Koch
He is considered the founder of modern bacteriology, this discoveries made a big contribution to the development of the first " magic bullets" -
Hans Ernst August Buchner
Hans Ernst was a German bacteriologist. He discovered a naturally occurring substance in the blood now known as a complement tat is capable of destroying bacteria.
