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Aristotle
He was an ancient Greek philosopher. Author of a philosophical and scientific system that became a framework for Christian scholasticism and medieval Islamic philosophy. -
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
Anton was a Dutch business man, scientist, and representative of the Golden Age of Dutch science and technology. He is known as the father of microbiology. He built microscopes that magnified over 200 times. -
Carl Linnaeus
Swedish botanist, physician, and zoologist. He formalized the modern system of naming organisms which is called binomial nomenclature. -
Edward Jenner
English physician and scientist who made the smallpox vaccine and the world's first vaccine in 1798. -
John Snow
He was an English physician. He traced the source of cholera. His findings inspired fundamental changes in the water and waste systems in London. -
Florence Nightingale
She was an English social reformer, nurse, and statistician. Her nickname was "Lady with the lamp". Her efforts helped establish the first scientifically based nursing school that opened in 1860. -
Louis Pasteur
French microbiologist who was born in Dole, France. He proved that airborne microbes were the cause of disease and discovered how to make vaccines. -
Joseph Lister
Joseph Lister is known for surgical sterile techniques. He introduced new principles of cleanliness. He was present at the first surgical procedure that used anesthetics. -
Robert Koch
German bacteriologist and physician. One of the founders of biology. He discovered the anthrax disease cycle in 1876. -
Hans Ernst August Buchner
German bacteriologist who discovered a naturally occurring substance in the blood called a complement that destroys bacteria. He won the 1907 Nobel prize in chemistry.
