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Period: 1483 to 1546
The Reformation Era
The great German Reformer Martin Luther set a good example to his followers for using the Scriptures to arrive at an understanding of reality. -
Period: 1488 to 1534
Advances in Botany and Zoology
Otto Brunfels , a Protestant pastor and schoolmaster who lived in Strasbourg and, wrote Herbarum Vivae Eicones for physicians and apothecaries, who used plants for medicinal purposes. -
Period: 1501 to 1566
-Fuchs
Leonhard Fuchs, who taught at the Protestant university in Tubingen, and he encouraged medical students to spend their free time in the summer roaming collecting and studying plants. -
Period: 1516 to 1565
-Gesner
Konrad Gesner , probably the best-educated naturalist of his day, contributed to science with a five-volume work called Historiae Animalium and his botanical work called the Opera Botanica. -
1543
Advances in Anatomy and Physiology
Andreas Vesalius presented to the world his book called "Fabrica" on the structure of the human body. -
Period: 1578 to
Harvey
William Harvey , an English physician and a great physiologist, was known for his classic work on the circulation of blood through the body. -
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Leeuwenhoek's animalcules
Anton van Leeuwenhoek was the first person to devote his whole life to studies with the microscope. -
The Spread of Science
John Wilkins (1614-1672), a Puritan clergyman, led in the formation of the Philosophical College, which met regularly in London to conduct experiments and discuss scientific theories. -
-Hooke
Robert Hooke (1635-1703) published his work Micrographia, in which he described the cells of cork. -
-French Academy
The French Academy of Sciences was founded in Paris.It was supported largely by Huguenots. -
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Anton Leeuwenhoek's expertise was sufficient for him to describe "animalcules", which today we call protozoa. -
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Anton Leeuwenhoek described bacteria from material scraped from his teeth. -
-little of 1800
There were scientific societies,where the great scientists and naturalists of the day could share their findings,in many parts of Europe and in America.