Theodor Schwann

Theodor Schwann

male, deceased (1882)
Theodor Schwann (December 7, 1810 in Neuss, Prussia - January 11, 1882, in Cologne) was a German physiologist, histologist and cytologist. Among...

John Baker

male, deceased (1984)
Dr. John Randal Baker F.R.S. (1900-1984) was a biologist, physical anthropologist, and professor at the University of Oxford (where he was the...
Georgios Papanikolaou

Georgios Papanikolaou

male, deceased (1962)
Georgios N. Papanikolaou (or George Papanicolaou;) (May 13, 1883-February 19, 1962) was born at Kimi on the island of Evia, in Greece. He was a...

Bradley Moore Davis

male, deceased (1957)
Bradley Moore Davis (1871-1957) was an American botanist, born in Chicago. After graduating from Leland Stanford Junior University, in 1892, he...

Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel

male, deceased (1854)
Charles-François Brisseau de Mirbel was a French botanist and politician. He was a founder of the science of plant cytology. A native Parisian, at t...
Kristine Bonnevie

Kristine Bonnevie

female, deceased (1948)
Kristine Bonnevie was a Norwegian biologist and Norway's first female professor. Her fields of research were cytology, genetics and embryology. She...

Albert Levan

male, deceased (1998)
Albert Levan (1905 - 1998) was a Swedish botanist and geneticist. Albert Levan is best known today for co-authoring the report in 1956 that humans...
John Bretland Farmer

John Bretland Farmer

male, deceased (1944)
Sir John Bretland Farmer (5 April 1865 - 26 January 1944) was a British botanist, born at Atherstone and educated at Magdalen College, Oxford. He...
Jean Baptiste Carnoy

Jean Baptiste Carnoy

male, deceased (1899)
Jean Baptiste Carnoy (1836 - 1899), born in Rumillies (Belgium) was a Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the science of cytology. He made the...

Øjvind Winge

male, deceased (1964)
Øjvind Winge was a Danish biologist and a pioneer in yeast genetics. He was born in the city of Aarhus in Jutland, the mainland of Denmark. After c...