Thirteen Biologists Who Thirteen Biologists Who Made a Difference Made a Difference

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Aristotle- First true scientist- attempted to classify all life.

Robert Hooke- Discovered and Named “Cells”

Carolus Linnaeus- Developed the Modern Classification system

Charles Darwin- Father of Evolutionary Theory

Gregor Mendel--- Father of Modern Genetics

Louis Pasteur- Discover Bacteria

Ernst Haeckel – Father of Ecology

Alexander Fleming---Discovered the antibiotic….. Penicillin

Dr. Charles Drew- Pioneer in the development of the Red Cross Blood Bank system.

Her Team’s X-Ray images contributed to the discovery of the DNA molecule.

Watson & Crick- They Discovered the double Helix of DNA

Jane Goodall- World’s foremost authority on Chimpanzee Behavior and Preservation

Don Johanson- Anthropologist who discovered the Hominid Fossil……“Lucy”