Scientists & Related Fields

 Scientists                                                           Related Fields

1.Ernst Mayr (1904-2004)                            Evolutionary Biologist

2.Matthias Schleiden                                    German Botanist

3.Julius von Sachs                                          German Botanist

4.Theodore Schwann                                    British Zoologist

5.Cornelius van Niel                                      Microbiologist

6.Alfonso Corti                                               Italian Anatomist

7.Dr. W. Dudgeon                                          American Missionary Teacher.

8.P. Maheshwari                                            Indian Botanist

9.Reginald C. Punnet                                     British Geneticist

10.George Gammow                                      Physicist

11.Alfred Wallace                                           Naturalist

12.Lamarck                                                      French Naturalist

13.Edward Wilson                                          Sociobiologist.

14.Paul Ehrlich                                                Stanford Ecologist

15.Ramdeo Misra                                           Indian Ecologist

16.Francois Jacob                                           Geneticist

17.Jacque Monad                                            Biochemist

18.Alexander von Humboldt                        German Naturalist & Geographer

19.Rene Descartes                                           French Philosopher,Mathematician and Biologist.




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