Biologists

A biologist is a scientist devoted to and producing results in biology through the study of organisms. Typically biologists study organisms and their relationship to their environment. Biologists involved in basic research attempt to discover underlying mechanisms that govern how organisms work. Biologists involved in applied reseach attempt to develop or improve medical, industrial or agricultural processes. Some biologists work in management positions coordinating or supervising reseach. Technicians perform specialized tasks using laboratory equipment. Many positions in biology as a field require an academic degree. A PhD (or equivalent) is generally required to direct independent reseach but a bachelor's or master's degree is sufficient for most non-research positions. Training on the undergraduate level usually is very general while later training involves a specialization in a specific area of biology.

List of Biologists

Aristotle - Aristotle (384 BC - March 7, 322 BC) was an ancient Greek philosopher. Along with Plato, he is often considered to be one of the two most influential philosophers in Western thought. He wrote many books about physics, poetry, zoology, government, and biology.

Michel Adanson - (April 7, 1727 - August 3, 1806) was a French naturalist of Scottish descent. Adanson was born at Aix-en-Provence. His family moved to Paris on 1730. After leaving the College Sainte Barbe he was employed in the cabinets of R. A. F. Reaumur and Bernard de Jussieu, as well as in the Jardin des Plantes.

Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz -(May 28, 1807-December 14, 1873) was a Swiss-American zoologist and geologist, the husband of educator Elizabeth Cabot Cary Agassiz, and one of the first world-class American scientists.

Alexander Emanuel Agassiz -(December 17, 1835 - March 27, 1910), son of Louis Agassiz, was an American scientist and engineer. He was born in Neuchâtel, Switzerland, and came to the United States with his father in 1846.

Karl Ernst von Baer (February 17, 1792 - November 26, 1876) was a German-Estonian biologist and a founding father of embryology.

Charles Bonnet (March 13, 1720 - May 20, 1793), Swiss naturalist and philosophical writer, was born at Geneva, of a French family driven into Switzerland by the religious persecution in the 16th century. He made law his profession, but his favourite pursuit was the study of natural science.

 
 
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