Top Ten Greatest Biologists In History

The Top Ten
1 Charles Darwin Charles Robert Darwin ( 12 February 1809 – 19 April 1882) was an English naturalist, geologist and biologist, best known for his contributions to evolutionary biology. His proposition that all species of life have descended from a common ancestor is now widely accepted and considered a fundamental concept in science. In a joint publication with Alfred Russel Wallace, he introduced his scientific... read more

Famous for his theory of evolution

2 Gregor Mendel
3 Aristotle Aristotle was a Greek philosopher and scientist born in the city of Stagira, Chalkidice, on the northern periphery of Classical Greece.

He once said in his masterpiece, 'Treatise on Science', that "biologists are insanely awesome". The authenticity of this preposterous statement is naturally disputed.

Famous for classified organisms

4 Claude Bernard

Famous for blind experimental method for objective results

5 Louis Pasteur Louis Pasteur was a French chemist and microbiologist renowned for his discoveries of the principles of vaccination, microbial fermentation and pasteurization.

Famous for creating the process for treating milk and wine

6 Robert Hooke

Famous for coining the term "cell"

7 Hippocrates Hippocrates of Kos, also known as Hippocrates II, was a Greek physician of the Age of Pericles, and is considered one of the most outstanding figures in the history of medicine.

Famous for being the father of western medicine

8 Edward Jenner

Famous for creating the first effective vaccine for smallpox

9 David Attenborough
10 Antoine Lavoisier

Famous for observing Metabolism

The Contenders
11 Mary Anning
12 Jonas Salk

First effective polio vaccine developed by him in my hometown of Pittsburgh PA

13 Jane Goodall
14 Jacques Cousteau Jacques-Yves Cousteau AC, commonly known in English as Jacques Cousteau (11 June 1910 – 25 June 1997) was a French naval officer, explorer, conservationist, filmmaker, innovator, scientist, photographer, author and researcher who studied the sea and all forms of life in water. He co-developed the Aqua-lung, pioneered marine conservation and was a member of the Académie française... read more
15 Peter Wilhelm Lund
16 Robert Brown

Famous for discovering the cell nucleus

17 Ernst Mayr
18 Carl Linnaeus
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