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Period: Jan 1, 1478 to Aug 6, 1553
Girolamo Fracastroro
He was an italian poet and scholar in math and astronomy. He proposed that epidemic diseases are transfered by little tiny particles or spores in the air. He also created the name for syphilis in one of his poems. -
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Francesco Redi
Was one of the first scientists to challenge the theory of spontaneous generation. Demostrating that maggots come from eggs of flies. -
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Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
He is known for being the father of modern day microbiology. He is known for his major improvments in the microscope, and also being the first one to observe single cell organisms. -
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John Needham
John Needham did experiments on the theory of spontaneous generation. His experiments concluded that their was lifeforce that made organisms appear. But modern day studies show that the mixture was not hot enough, and that microorganism's from the air could have infected the beaker. -
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Lazzaro Spallanzani
A italian catholic priest, and biologist, who made some important discoveries in the study in bodily fuctions, animal reproduction, and animal echolocation. He paved the way for the downfall of preformationism. -
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Edward Jenner
The 'father of immunology". He was credited for created creating and a vaccine for the small pox, and start to erradicate the disease. The world health organisation decleared that the disease was destroyed in 1980. -
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Theodor Schwann
Was the a main contributor to the devolpement of modern day biology. He was the main creator of the cell theory, he discovered the Scwann cells, the discovery of pepsin, and the discovery of the organic nature of yeast. -
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Ignaz Semmelwis
Ignaz Semmelwis was a early pioneer in the use of anitseptic products.He is also described as the "savior of mothers". Semmelwis concluded that the use of hand disinfection would drastically cut the incidence of puerpal fever. -
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John Tyndall
John was a prominate 19 century physicist. He was famed for his study on diamagnetism. He later made many discoveries in the realms of infrared radiation, and the modern physical properties of air. -
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Louis Pasteur
He was a french chemist who is known for his remarkable discoveries in the fields of pasteurization, and vaccination. He created the first vaccines for rabies and anthrax. He is best known in the general pubilc for his skill in removing harmful bacteria from milk and wine, now know as pasteurization. -
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Theodor von Dusch
He was German physician, and became the director at Heidelburg. He created a filter made of cotten-wool, that seperated microbs and bacteria in the air -
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Joseph Lister
Joseph was a british surgeon, and a pioneer in the areas of antiseptic surgery. He promoted the ideas of sterile surgery while working. He also successfully introduced the idea of carbolic acid, to help sterilise, medical equipment. -
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Friedrich Schroder
He made a flask that allowed air to enter only after passing through a heated or sterile tube, to kill microorganisms. -
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Robert Koch
Robert Koch was considered the founder of modern bacteriology. He is also known for finding causative agents of tuberculosis, anthrax, and cholera. He is also known for creating Koch's Four Postulate.- The microorganism must be found in all organisms suffering from the disease. -The organism must be isolated from the diseased organism, and grown in a pure culture -The organism must cause the disease when introduced to a healthy organism -They organism must be reisolated and must be identical
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Charles Chamberland
Charles Chamberland was a french microbiologist. In 1884 he developed the chamberland filter, which is used to seperate bacteria from a solution. -
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Oswald T. Avery, Colin M. MacLeod, Maclyn McCarty
This team is best known for thier discovery that DNA is what genes and chromosomes are made up of. They are also known for thier help with the discovery with the double helix -
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Aristotle
Was a greek philospher, and a polymath. He his known for his major views on physical science, and biology. He did research on many animals in the surrounding areas, and the surrounding seas.