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384 BCE
Aristotle Spontaneous Generation
Aristotle said only simple bodies and organisms could generate spontaneously. He said that animals of some kinds arise directly from elements. -
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
Leeuwenhoek developed the microscope. He was the first person to observe and describe single celled organisms. -
Carolus Linnaeus
Linnaeus created the system of naming organisms called binomial nomenclature. He if known as the father of taxonomy. -
John Snow
He was the leader in the adoption of anaesthesia and medical hygiene. His findings inspired fundamental changes in the water and waste systems. -
Florence Nightingale
Nightingale and a team of nurses improved the unsanitary conditions which greatly reduced the death rate. She established the Nightingale Training School for Nurses.. -
Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur discovered that microbes were responsible for souring alcohol and came up with the process of pasteurization. Also created vaccinations for anthrax and rabies. -
Edward Jenner
Jenner was the pioneer of the smallpox vaccine. This was the worlds first vaccine. -
Joseph Lister
Joseph Lister introduced new principles of cleanliness which transformed surgical practice in the late 1800s. "Lister is known as the father of antiseptic surgery". -
Robert Koch
Robert Koch used experiments to prove that the bacterium Bacillus anthracis was the cause of anthrax. He extracted this bacterium from a sheep which had died of anthrax, grew it and injected a mouse with it. -
Hans Ernst August Buchner
Buchner was a pioneer in the field of immunology. He was known for his research involving anaerobic bacteria.
