Biologists

Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

Dutch lens maker, Made the first microscope, First to observe microscopic organisms

Robert Hooke

Englishman who observed cork under the microscope, called these “chambers” cells

Carolus Linnaeus

Swedish botanist who developed “binomial nomenclature”

Charles darwin

Created “natural selection” and “theory of evolution”

Gregor Mendel

Father of genetics

Matthias Schleiden and Theodore Schwann

Created cell theory

The cell theory

All living things are made of cells, cells are the basic unit function of all living things

James watson and Francis crick

Discovered the structure of DNA

Rachel Carson

Warned about the dangers of pesticides