Fathers of Science

• Claudius Galenus discovered that arteries carry blood.
• Carolus Linnaeus: Father of modern taxonomy, developed the binomial system of naming organisms.
• Jean-Baptise Lamarck: best known for the Theory of Inheritance.
• Matthias Schleiden: He proposed that plants are made up of cells.
• Theodore Schwann: Discovered the cell theory, which states that animals are composed of cells.
• Rudolf Virchow: All cells come from pre-existing cells. "Omni Cellula"
• Charles Darwin: He was the first to propose the theory of evolution by natural selection.
• Edward Jenner: Discovered vaccine.
• Robert Koch: father of bacteriology.
• Louis Pasteur: Father of Microbiology.
• Alexander Fleming: discovered penicillin, discovered moulds can kill bacteria.
• Rosalind Franklin: Discovered the structure of DNA and the structure of the DNA molecule.
• Watsons and Crick: 1962 - DNA is a double helix.
• Joseph Lister: antiseptic technique.
• Claude Zobell: father of marine biology.
• Wilhelm Johannsen: coined the term "gene," "phenotype," and "genotype."
• Imre Festetics: coined the term "genetics"
• William Whewell: coined the term "scientist"