History of Biology

2. known as the "Father of Biology"
4. known as the "Father of Medicine"
5. Swedish botanist and physician recognized for his Systema Naturae (1735), as he introduced a new approach to taxonomy (binomial nomenclature)
10. This Dutch biologist was the first to see red blood cells under a microscope in 1658
12. A German theologian and botanist published the two volumes of his Herbarum vivae eicones, a book about plants with its fresh and vigorous illustrations
14. an English naturalist known “Father of Evolutionary Thought”
16. In 1674, this Dutch merchant and scientist was the first one to discover single-celled organisms and called it animalcules
18. A German Dominican friar recognized for his contribution in botany, zoology and physiology
20. A leading artist and intellectual of the Italian Renaissance. In 1489, he begins a series of anatomical drawings of the human body
22. an American biochemist who studied the structure of the hemoglobin
23. In 1546, the studies of this French naturalist marked the beginning modern embryology and comparative anatomy
24. A prominent Greek physician, surgeon and philosopher who contributed to the early understanding of anatomy and physiology
25. In 1242, this Arabian physician was the first to correctly describe the pulmonary circulation of blood in his book the Commentary on the Anatomy of Canon of Avicenna

1. An Augustinian botanist also known as the “Father of Modern Genetics”
3. An English physician who was the first to recognize the full circulation of the blood in the human body (De motu cordis) in 1628
6. The three scientists Crick, Watson and Wilkins was known for their discovery of the molecular structure of this hereditary material in 1953
7. known as the "Father of Botany"
8. An Italian Dominican theologian, the foremost medieval Scholastic. He developed his own conclusions from Aristotelian premises, notably in the metaphysics of personality, creation, and Providence
9. An Italian microscopist first visualized capillaries
11. An Islamic theologian and intellectual. Among his biological writings is Kitāb al-ḥayawān (“Book of Animals”)
13. American zoologist and geneticist, famous for his experimental research with the fruit fly (Drosophila) by which he established the chromosome theory of heredity
15. Swiss physician and naturalist, best known for his systematic compilations of information on animals and plants
17. A French physician and surgeon regarded by some medical historians as the father of modern surgery
19. A Muslim physician particularly noted for his book The Canon of Medicine
21. A Roman naturalist accounts in his general encyclopedia entitled Pliny’s Natural History