A BRIEF HISTORY OF

BIOLOGY

BREVE HISTORIA DE LA
BIOLOGA

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ARISTTELES

Father of Biology
Natural philosopher,
identified some of
the known living
characteristics such
as reproduction.

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GALEN
- Studied the functions
of the kidneys and
spinal cord using the
Barbary ape.

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ANDRES VESALIUS
- Was the founder of
modern anatomy.
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Broke traditions by
performing his own
dissection
using
cadavers.

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WILLIAM HARVEY
- Correctly described
how the blood is
pumped around the
body by the heart.

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MARIE
BICHAT

FRANCOIS

French anatomist and

physiologist
whose
systematic
study
of
human tissues helped
found the science of
histology.

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HENRI DUTROCHET
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Was credited for the

formation
of
cell
biology.
Discovered cells in
plants
and
actual
process of osmosis.

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ROBERT HOOKE
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Coined
Cell.

the

term

First to observe a
plant cell (cork cell)

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ANTON VAN LEEUWENHOEK
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Helped in the improvement of

the microscope.
First to describe muscles,
blood flow in capillaries,
spermatozoa, bacteria and
protozoans.

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CAROLUS LINNAEUS
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Laid the foundations for

the modern scheme of
Taxonomy.
Introduced the use of
binomial nomenclature
(genus + species).

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GREGOR MENDEL
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Father of Genetics
First to discover the
ability of organisms
(pea plants) to pass
traits from parents
to offspring.

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LOUIS PASTEUR
Confirmed the theory
diseases.
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of

Introduced the process of

pasteurization.
First to create a vaccine
against rabies.
Disproved the theory of
spontaneous generation.

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SIR ALEXANDER
FLEMING
- Isolated and discover the
antibiotic properties of
penicillin.

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CHARLES DARWIN
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Pioneered
the
evolutionary theory.

Proponent of the
theory of natural
selection.

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JAMES WATSON AND
FRANCIS CRICK
- Discovered the double
helix structure of the
DNA.

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