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384 BCE
Aristotle
He did spontaneous generation. he also received education about biology and medication from his father while he was young. -
Antoni van leeuwenhoek
Leeuwenhoek discovered "protozoa" which is the single celled organisms and he called them "animalcules". He also improved the microscope and laid foundation for microbiology. -
Carolus Linnaeus
He is known for identifying, classifying and ranking organisms and it is still used widely today. He is often called the father of taxonomy. -
Edward Jenner
He discovered vaccination. The name vaccination came from the latin word for cow. -
John snow
considered one of the fathers of of modern epidemiology. mostly because of the reason that in part because of his work in tracing the source of a cholera outbreak in Soho, London, in 1854. -
Florence nightingale
she discovered the polar area chart. she helped tons of soldiers during the crimean war. -
Louis Pasteur
Louis Pasteur developed a vaccination for anthrax and rabies. He also discovered pasteurization -
Joseph Lister
His discovery of the antiseptic process dramatically decreased deaths from childbirth and surgery and changed ways medical industry looked at sanitation and hygiene. it was highly important at that time period . -
Robert Koch
Koch discovered "Koch's postulates" to establish a causative relationship between microbes and diseases. He also discovered micro-bacterium. The bacterium is also known as "Koch's bacillus". -
Hans ernst august buchner
He won the Nobel prize in chemistry. he was also a german bacteriologist