Biologists & Naturalists
26 entries in the Biologists & Naturalists compendium.
Biologists & Naturalists — Era Chart
Luther BurbankAmerican botanist who developed over 800 plant varieties.Lynn MargulisEvolutionary biologist who championed symbiosis in evolution.Macfarlane BurnetAustralian evolutionary biologist and ecologist who proposed a novel mechanism for evolutiMarcello MalpighiItalian biologist and physician, founder of microscopical anatomy, histology and father ofMarguerite DavisCo-discoverer of vitamins A and B in 1913.Martinus BeijerinckDutch microbiologist and co-discoverer of viruses.Maurice HillemanDeveloped over 40 vaccines; saved millions of lives annually.Nikolaas TinbergenDutch biologist and Nobel laureate who shaped ethology.Nikolai VavilovRussian agronomist who identified centers of origin of cultivated plants.Paul EhrlichGerman physician who pioneered chemotherapy and immunology.Paul NurseEnglish geneticist and Nobel laureate for cell cycle control.Peter ArtediSwedish naturalist and father of ichthyology.Peter MedawarBiologist who discovered acquired immune tolerance, enabling organ transplantation.Philip Henry GosseEnglish naturalist who created the first public marine aquarium.Rachel CarsonMarine biologist and writer who advanced the environmental movement.Richard DawkinsEvolutionary biologist and prominent atheist author.Richard OwenEnglish naturalist who coined Dinosauria and helped establish the Natural History Museum.Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)Scottish botanist who pioneered microscopy and described the cell nucleus.Robert Edwards (physiologist)British physiologist who pioneered in-vitro fertilisation.Robert GalloAmerican biomedical researcher who helped prove HIV causes AIDS.Robert TriversEvolutionary biologist who theorized reciprocal altruism and parental investment.Robert Whittaker (ecologist)American ecologist who redefined taxonomy and biome classification.Robin Wall KimmererPotawatomi biologist quoted on the traditional use of chaga as firekeeping tinder.Rudolf LeuckartGerman zoologist and father of parasitology.Rudolf VirchowGerman physician who founded modern pathology and social medicine.Selman WaksmanSoil microbiologist who discovered streptomycin and other antibiotics.
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