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Biology 1

Important Men of Biology

NameContribution
William Harvey In 1628 Said that the heart is a pump that circulates blood throughout the body.
Robert Hook In 1665 (British) He discovered the cell
Francesco Redi In 1668 (Italian) 1st attempt to disprove the Spontaneous Generation Theory
Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek In 1673 (holland/dutch) 1st to use a microscope
Carolus Linnaeus In 1735 (Swedish) Founder of Binomial system of Nomenclature: two named system to name organisms
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck In 1809 (French) Supported the idea of evolution but believed there was an inheritance of acquired characteristics
Matthias J. Schleiden In 1838 (German) A botanist He said that plants are made of cells
Theodor Schwann In 1839 (German) Zoologist He said animals were made of cells
Claude Bernard In 1851 (French) the idea that life is dependent on a constant internal environment (homeostasis)
Rudolf Virchow In 1858 (German) Said cells come from pre-exsisting cells His works combined with Schleiden & Schwann make up the cell theory
Charles Darwin In 1858 Evolution: we are a common ancestor of apes not made from apes
Alfred Wallace Shared the same ideas as Darwin but didn't finish in time to get the credit.
Gergor Mendal In 1866 (Australian) Genetics, understanding of how inherited traits are passed between generations Genes located on different chromosomes will be inherited independently of each other
Alexander Fleming In 1929 made a chance discovery of a powerful antibiotic, penicillin
Franklin, Watson & Crick In 1953 Double Helix 3 dimensional structure of DNA
Stanley Miller In 1953 Wondered how life began, studied it and found inheritance so did oparin
Christiaan Bernard In 1967 (south African) 1st human heart transplant successfully
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