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See also: This category in other languages: - Biography of botanist Eduard Strasburger, considered the founder of modern cytology. - Exhibits materials about the life and work of a prolific nineteenth-century entomologist, archaeologist, and biological illustrator. - Short biographies of Biochemists Marshall Nirenberg, who cracked the genetic code, and Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins, discoverer of vitamins - Marine biologist who lived from 1897 - 1948 and undertook research including the effect of wave shock on marine animals and plants. - Biographical information on this American paleontologist and evolutionist. - Grandfather of Charles Darwin and a philosopher, botanist, and naturalist in his own right. - Biologist who lived from 1913 - 2002 and pioneered the concept of the ecosystem. - The life and work of this entomologist. E-Texts and Gallery. - Information on a book by Michael Bulmer about this nineteenth century scientist's work on genetics, evolution and biological statistics. - Provides information about Hans Spemann, 1935 Nobel Laureate in Medicine, and his work in embryology. - Biography, appreciation and bibliography of this naturalist who believed that humans are part of nature and that we function best when we remember this. - Dr. Albert Hofmann, the father of LSD, psilocybin, and psilocin. - Appreciation, bibliography and extracts from the works of this naturalist - A leading nineteenth century botanist, and close friend of Charles Darwin. - Biographical information on the "Father of Taxonomy" whose system for naming, ranking, and classifying organisms is still in use today. - 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. - Biographical details of one of the pioneers of ecology and the study of ecosystems. - Tom Volk provides photographs and information on this strange tooth fungus in honor of the tercentenary of the birth of Carl Linnaeus. - The works of Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895): physiologist, anatomist, anthropologist, agnostic, educator, and Darwin's bulldog. - Professor Rudolf Stefan Weigl (1883-1957) has developed the first effective vaccine against typhus. - 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. - 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.