Scientists In History

  • William Harvey

    William Harvey

    Proposed circulatory system of blood.
  • Edward Jenner

    Edward Jenner

    Found a vaccine for immunity to smallpox.
  • Thomas Malthus

    Thomas Malthus

    Came up with ideas that were published about over population.
  • Florence Nightengale

    Florence Nightengale

    Founder of the nursing profession.
  • Charles Darwin

    Charles Darwin

    Came up with ideas of natural selection.
  • Joseph Lister

    Joseph Lister

    Known at the "Father of Antiseptic Surgery" for reducing infection rate in wounds.
  • Gregor Mendel

    Gregor Mendel

    Cross breeded pea plants to come up with how traits are passed on.
  • Louis Pasteur

    Louis Pasteur

    Discovered a vaccine for anthrax in animals.
  • Clara Barton

    Clara Barton

    Organized the American Red Cross.
  • Paul Ehrlich

    Paul Ehrlich

    Invented the technique from Gram staining bacteria.
  • Robert Koch

    Robert Koch

    Ideas for controlling cholera were approved.
  • Sir Alexander Fleming

    Sir Alexander Fleming

    Found a way to prevent growth of staphylococci (penicillin).
  • Dr.Charles Drews

    Dr.Charles Drews

    Made efforts to contribute blood to the Red Cross for military.
  • Rachel Carson

    Rachel Carson

    Discovered effects of the pestiside DDT which was later banned.
  • Jonas Salk

    Jonas Salk

    Developed a safe and effective vaccine for polio.
  • Albert Salin

    Albert Salin

    Developed an oral polio vaccine.
  • Macfarlane Burnet

    Macfarlane Burnet

    Awarded the 1960 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for demonstrating acquired immune tolerance.
  • James D. Watson

    James D. Watson

    Received the Nobel Prize for being a major contributor to the discovery of the molecular structure of DNA.
  • John Michael Bishop

    John Michael Bishop

    Tested his theory that healthy cells also contain dormant viral oncogenes that, when activated, cause cancer.
  • Walter Gilbert

    Walter Gilbert

    Came up with a technique for using a gel electrophoresis to read the nucleotide sequences of DNA segments.