Biotechnology History 1701-1800

By Asayah
  • Thomas Fairchild

    Thomas Fairchild
    Thomas Fairchild, the forgotten father of the flower garden, creates Europe's first hybrid plant.
    http://www.isaaa.org/Kc/inforesources/publications/biotechinagriculture/Biotech_Timeline_.htm
    en.wikipedia.org
  • Discovery of proteins

    Discovery of proteins
    Discovery of proteins
    www.mrmproteomics.com
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    Biotechnology History

  • Anton van Leeuwenhoek

    Anton van Leeuwenhoek
    Anton van Leeuwenhoek uses his microscopes to make discoveries in microbiology. He is the first scientist to describe protozoa and bacteria and to recognise that micro-organisms might play a role in fermentation.
    oudeennieuwekerkdelft.nl
  • Cross-fertilization

    Cross-fertilization
    Cross-fertilization in corn was discovered.
    www.motherearthnews.com
  • Turbevill Needham

    Turbevill Needham
    Turberville Needham heated various soups or "infusions" all of which eventually teem with life; he concluded "there is a vegetative Force in every microscopical Point of Matter..." in support of the idea of spontaneous generation.
    www.mancia.org
  • Cultivation of legumes

    Cultivation of legumes
    European farmers increase cultivation of legumes (to fix nitrogen in the soil) and rotate crops to increase yield.
    http://www.isaaa.org/Kc/inforesources/publications/biotechinagriculture/Biotech_Timeline_.htm
  • Smallpox vaccine

    Smallpox vaccine
    Edward Jenner invents the smallpox vaccine
  • Lazaro Spallanzani

    Lazaro Spallanzani
    Lazaro Spallanzani described ingeniously crafted experiments using "hermetically sealed" flasks heated in boiling water to test the possibility of using heat to kill all the microbes in an "infusion" (liquid growth medium).
    http://www.accessexcellence.org/RC/AB/BC/1750-1900.php
  • Advancing

    Advancing
    By the 1800s, biotechnology developments were being advanced by interdisciplinary scientific investigations that blended biology, chemistry and physics
  • Biology

    Biology