People History Biology

This category is for sites focusing on the life and contributions of individual scientists of renown.

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• Robert Hooke - Site devoted to the life and work of Robert Hooke, one of the leading scientists of 17th century England, and first Curator of Experiments at the Royal Society.
  
• Biochemistry History - Short biographies of Biochemists Marshall Nirenberg, who cracked the genetic code, and Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins, discoverer of vitamins
  
• Linnaeus, Carl - Biographical information on the "Father of Taxonomy" whose system for naming, ranking, and classifying organisms is still in use today.
  
• The World of Richard Dawkins - Biographical and research resource about the evolutionary biologist, including a schedule of events, list of publications, and other resources in evolution.
  
• Joseph Dalton Hooker - A leading nineteenth century botanist, and close friend of Charles Darwin.
  
• Richard Dawkins - An Exponentialist View - This site examines Dawkins' treatment of the Malthusian population principle, and expands on Dawkins' own criticism of the naivity of using a generational approach to population modelling.
  
• Francis Galton: Pioneer of Heredity and Biometry - Information on a book by Michael Bulmer about this nineteenth century scientist's work on genetics, evolution and biological statistics.
  
• Fabre, Jean-Henri Casimir ( 1823 - 1915 ) - The life and work of this entomologist. E-Texts and Gallery.
  
• "Science Is in a Constant Flow" - Biography of botanist Eduard Strasburger, considered the founder of modern cytology.
  
• The Huxley File - The works of Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895): physiologist, anatomist, anthropologist, agnostic, educator, and Darwin's bulldog.
  
• Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802) - Grandfather of Charles Darwin and a philosopher, botanist, and naturalist in his own right.
  
• Thomas Pennant - Information on this former fellow of the Royal Society and on his published work which included his best known work, the four-volume British Zoology.
  
• Hans Spemann - Provides information about Hans Spemann, 1935 Nobel Laureate in Medicine, and his work in embryology.
  
• Hofmann, Albert - Dr. Albert Hofmann, the father of LSD, psilocybin, and psilocin.
  
• Sistotrema confluens - Tom Volk provides photographs and information on this strange tooth fungus in honor of the tercentenary of the birth of Carl Linnaeus.
  
• Weigl, Rudolf Stefan - Professor Rudolf Stefan Weigl (1883-1957) has developed the first effective vaccine against typhus.
  
• Jean Linden - The 19th century Belgian who explored and horticulturist who specialized in orchids.
  
• Oscar Riddle - Facts and life history of Dr. Oscar Riddle, pioneer in science education.
  
• Pennant, Thomas (1726-1798) - Welsh naturalist, antiquary and author. Bibliography, biographical notes, artworks and a complete list of exhibits in the Thomas Pennant Exhibition held in 1998.
  
• Willadsen, Steen - Biographical information on this Danish scientist who made great contributions to reproductive physiology and embryology and created the first cloned farm animal using the method of nuclear transfer.
  
• A Victorian Renaissance Man: John Obadiah Westwood - Exhibits materials about the life and work of a prolific nineteenth-century entomologist, archaeologist, and biological illustrator.
  
• Edward Drinker Cope (1840 - 1897) - Biographical information on this American paleontologist and evolutionist.
  
• Jan Swammerdam - Describes the life and work of this 17th century Dutch microscopist.
  
• Wilmut, Ian - Biographical information on this Scottish embryologist who in 1996, was the first to clone a mammal, a sheep named Dolly, from fully differentiated adult mammary cells.
  
  

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