Scientists In History

William Harvey

Dec 10, 1616

Proposed circulatory system of blood.

Edward Jenner

Dec 10, 1798

Found a vaccine for immunity to smallpox.

Thomas Malthus

Dec 10, 1798

Came up with ideas that were published about over population.

Florence Nightengale

Dec 10, 1850

Founder of the nursing profession.

Charles Darwin

Dec 10, 1859

Came up with ideas of natural selection.

Joseph Lister

Dec 10, 1860

Known at the "Father of Antiseptic Surgery" for reducing infection rate in wounds.

Gregor Mendel

Dec 10, 1865

Cross breeded pea plants to come up with how traits are passed on.

Louis Pasteur

Dec 10, 1879

Discovered a vaccine for anthrax in animals.

Clara Barton

May 21, 1881

Organized the American Red Cross.

Paul Ehrlich

Dec 10, 1882

Invented the technique from Gram staining bacteria.

Robert Koch

Dec 10, 1893

Ideas for controlling cholera were approved.

Sir Alexander Fleming

Dec 10, 1928

Found a way to prevent growth of staphylococci (penicillin).

Dr.Charles Drews

Dec 10, 1941

Made efforts to contribute blood to the Red Cross for military.

Rachel Carson

Dec 11, 1950

Discovered effects of the pestiside DDT which was later banned.

Jonas Salk

Apr 12, 1955

Developed a safe and effective vaccine for polio.

Albert Salin

Dec 10, 1960

Developed an oral polio vaccine.

Macfarlane Burnet

Dec 11, 1960

Awarded the 1960 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for demonstrating acquired immune tolerance.

James D. Watson

Dec 11, 1962

Received the Nobel Prize for being a major contributor to the discovery of the molecular structure of DNA.

John Michael Bishop

Dec 11, 1970

Tested his theory that healthy cells also contain dormant viral oncogenes that, when activated, cause cancer.

Walter Gilbert

Dec 11, 1970

Came up with a technique for using a gel electrophoresis to read the nucleotide sequences of DNA segments.