notable biologists
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Some well known biologists who carved a path in science and biology.TRANSCRIPT
Notable Biologists
It’s Greek To Me
Anaximander
• Developed theory that human beings evolved from fish
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.
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”
Galen
• Father of Experimental Physiology
• Wrote On the Natural Faculties
• Established idea of pulmonary circulation
English
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
Edward Jenner
• Performed first vaccination against smallpox
• Pioneer of immunology and virology
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.”
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
Italian
Leonardo Da Vinci
• Helped formulate modern anatomical study through his notebooks
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.”
Others
Anton van Leeuwenhoek (Dutch) 1623-1723
• Discovered Bacteria with Microscope
• Known as Father of Microbiology
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.
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
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”
Sir Alexander Fleming (Scottish)
• Discovered penicillin in 1928.
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”
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