Modern Science

Otto Brunfels (1488-1534)

1536

A Protestant pastor and schoolmaster who wrote "Herbarum Vivae Eicones" (Living Pictures of Herbs).

Leonhard Fuchs(1501-1566)

1542

Scientist who taught at the Protestant univeristy in Tübingen in southwestern Germany, wrote "The Natural History of Plants."

Andreas Vesalius(1514-1564)

1543

Devout Roman Catholic who presented to the world his book called "De Humani Corporis Fabrica" based on the structure of the human body.
Vesalius is considered the "Father of Anatomy."

Konrad Gesner(1516-1565)

1551

Professor of natural history and medicine at the Protestant university in Zurich. His primary contributions to science were a five-volume work called "Historiae Animalium" (Histories of Animals).

William Harvey(1578-1657)

1628

English physician and a great physiologist, was known for his classic work on the circulation of blood of blood through the body, "Exercitatio Anatomica de Motu Cordis et Sanguinis in Animalibus."

Royal Society of London gor Improving Natural Knowledge

Nov 28, 1660

Group that was created by many puritans who included John Wilkins(1614-1672), Robert Boyle(1627-1691), and Sir Isaac Newton. It was created to repudiate the unbelieving ideas of materialistic philosophers.

Robert Hooke(1632-1703)

1665

Naturalist who published his work Micrographia, in which he described the cells of cork.

French Academy of Sciences( Académie des Sciences)

Dec 22, 1666

It was founded in Paris, France. It was supported largely by Huguenots and Jansenists.

Anton van Leeuwenhoek(1632-1723)

1675

Dutch naturalist who discovered "animacules", which today we call protozoa. Also in 1683, he discovered becteria from material scraped from his teeth.