Notable biologists

Some well known biologists who carved a path in science and biology.

1. Notable Biologists

2. It’s Greek To Me

3. Anaximander
•Developed theory that
human beings
evolved from fish

4. Hippocrates
•“Father of Modern
Medicine.”
Hippocratic Oath was
named for him. Wrote
Corpus
Hippocraticum
The World Medical Association's logo[4] features a
serpent wrapped around a staff, the symbol of
the ancient Greek god Asklepios. Aesculapius,
worshipped by the Greeks as the god of
healing, who originated in ancient Egypt as
Imhotep, high-priest, sage and minister to the
pharaoh, Zoser. It is significant that this symbol
is reminiscent of the Staff of Moses.[5] The
World Health Organisation's logo[6] also
contains the ancient religious symbol of the
serpent and staff, which is superimposed over
the United Nations emblem.

5. Aristotle
•Observed and
classified animals
•Wrote Parts of
Animals, On Plants,
History of Animals
and Generation of
Animals.
•Known as “Father of
biology” and “Founder
of Zoology”

6. Galen
•Father of
Experimental
Physiology
•Wrote On the Natural
Faculties
•Established idea of
pulmonary
circulation

7. English

8. Robert Hooke
•First person to
observe cells
•Wrote Micrographia
(1665), which was a
milestone in the
history of microscopy
•Introduced term cells
in his work

9. Edward Jenner
•Performed first
vaccination against
smallpox
•Pioneer of
immunology and
virology

10. Charles Robert Darwin
•Noted for his theory of
evolution through
process of natural
selection
•Wrote “On the Origin of
Species by Means of
Natural Selection,” or
the “Preservation of
Favored Races in the
Struggle for Life.”

11. Alfred Russell Wallace
•Known for
independent
discovery of
evolutionary change
at same time as
Darwin.
•His travels took him
along the Amazon
River and Rio Negro
and to Malay
Archipelego

12. Italian

13. Leonardo Da Vinci
•Helped formulate
modern anatomical
study through his
notebooks

14. Giovanni Batista Morgagni
•Published on “The Seats
and Causes of
Disease.” (1761)
•This demonstrated that
diseases start in
specific organs of the
body and are scattered
throughout the body
•Also described many
diseases of the heart and
blood vessels
•“Founder of Pathological
Anatomy.”

15. Others

16. Anton van Leeuwenhoek (Dutch)
1623-1723
•Discovered Bacteria
with Microscope
•Known as Father of
Microbiology

17. Johann Gregor Mendel (Austrian)
•Discovered basic
principles of heredity
through a breeding
experiment with peas
in the monastery
garden.
•His work laid the
foundation for new
science of genetics.

18. Louis Pasteur (French)
•Killed microbes with heat and
saved wine industry in 1864.
•Later his method,
pasteurization, helped
preserve milk, beer and food.
•Proved value of vaccination
by vaccinating sheep against
anthrax, thus founding science
of immunity.
•Developed cure for rabies.
•Disproved theory of
spontaneous generation

19. George Washington Carver
(American) 1864-1943
•Revolutionized
Southern Agriculture
•Developed numerous
products from
peanuts, sweet
potatoes, and pecans.
•Called “Plant Doctor”
and known as “Father
of Chemurgy”

20. Sir Alexander Fleming (Scottish)
•Discovered penicillin
in 1928.

21. Rachel Louise Carson (American)
•Known for concern for
the ecology and the
environment, and
especially for
opposition to the
indiscriminate use of
pesticides.
•Wrote “Sea Around
Us” (1951) and “Silent
Spring”

22. James D. Watson and Francis H.
Crick (American)
•Discovered Structure of
DNA for which they
shared Nobel Prize for
physiology of medicine in
1962.
•Wrote “Double Helix”
(1953).
•The double helix is the
two intertwined coils that
form the crystalline
structure of DNA