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Period: Oct 3, 1580 to
History of biology
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Janssen
In 1590 Zacharias janssen was credited with the invetion of the first micro scope. Janssen was born in the hague. He was the later credited in the making of a telescope. -
leeuwenhoek
Antonie van leeuwenhoek was born october 24 1632 in Delft, Dutch republic. He made microscopes more improved and more clear. He also made lots of discoveries under the micro scopes. He is commonly known as the father of microbiology. -
hooke
Robert hooke was born july 18 1635 in isle of wight, england. He made the word cell a description. Hooke aslso made the book micrographia which is a book of objects under a microscope. He died in 1703. -
Carl Linnaeus
Carl linnaeus was born may 23 1707 in stenbrohult parish, sweden. He was known for the publishing of Systema Naturae which is a book of the kingdom of nature. He was also known for taxonomy. Linnaeus was also a botanist. He died in 1778. -
Theodor Schwann
Theodor Schwann was born december 7 1710 in neuss germany. Schwann inventd the schwann cell and contributed in the study of the cell theory. Johannes Peter Müller was someone who worked with Schwann. They made lots of discoveries togther. Schwann died in 1782. -
Matthias Jakob Schleiden
Matthias Schleiden was born april 5 1804 in hamburg Germany. He is known for his contribution in the study of the cell theory. He discovered that all plants are cells and that cells only come from other living things. He died in 1881 -
Charels Darwin
Charels Darwin was born february 12 1809 in
The Mount, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, UK. He is known for his conributions to the theory of evolution. He went on the voyage of the HMS beagle. His dad denied him but his brother in law persuaded his dad into letting him go. Darwin has an award named after him. The Charles Darwin award. H died in 1882 -
Rudolf Virchow
Rudolf Virchow was born october 13 1821 in
Schivelbein, Pomerania, Prussia. Virchow is Known for his study in the cell theory discovering every living cell comes from another living cell. Virchow has a disease named after him. Has has lots of medical terms involving him. He is also known as the Father of modern pathology. Virchow died in 1902. -
Alfred Wallace
Alfred wallace was born january 8 1823 in Usk, Monmouthshire, Wales. He is known best for his work with the evolution through natural selection. Wallace did lots of work in the amazon river to get information about the evolution. He is called the Father of Biogeography. He studied in lots of fields such as zoolodgy, biogeography, evolutionary biology, and social reform.
