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BOTANY
The scientific study of plants.
Theophrastus
Made the groundbreaking discoveries and works in the field of plant science and is often referred to as the "father of botany". His texts laid the foundation for future botanical studies.
Aristotle
He receives more recognition for his studies of animals.
Dioscorides
He wrote “De Materia medica”
De Materia Medica
it is the prime historical source of information about plant medicines, used by the Greek, and Roman.
Robert Hooke
First to observed cork cells and its hexagonal shape using a microscope, which he invented.
John Ray
Wrote the book “Historia Generalis Plantarum” and where he recorded 1800 plants.
Johannes Van Helmot
partially discovered the process of photosynthesis by measuring the “uptake of water in a tree.”
Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
Father of Microbiology. He discovered bacteria and other microscopic things.