Biography of Alexander Fleming
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Biography of Alexander Fleming

It was in 1928 that Alexander Fleming (August 6 1881 - March 11 1955) discovered penicillin, an antibiotic within Saint Mary's Hospital in London. Penicillin's discovery changed the way we treat the bacterial causes of illness, allowing doctors across the globe to fight previously fatal and debilitating ailments by using a variety of antibiotics.

Biography of Robert Hooke
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Biography of Robert Hooke

Robert Hooke was born July 18th, 1635 at Freshwater in the Isle of Wight off the southern coast of England He was the father of vicar Freshwater John Hooke and his second wife Cecily Gates.

Biography of Robert Koch - Founder of Modern Bacteriology
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Biography of Robert Koch – Founder of Modern Bacteriology

The German doctor Robert Koch (December 11, 1843 - May 27 1909) is regarded as the pioneer of modern bacteriology due to his research that proved that certain microbes are responsible for the development of specific illnesses.

Biography of Edward Jenner - British doctor and scientist
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Biography of Edward Jenner – British doctor and scientist

Edward Jenner, (17 May 1749 from 17 May to 26 January 1823) was an British doctor and scientist. He pioneered the idea of vaccines , including the smallpox vaccination, the first vaccine ever created in the world.

Biography of Lazzaro Spallanzani - Italian physiologist
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Biography of Lazzaro Spallanzani – Italian physiologist

Lazzaro Spallanzani (12 January 1729 11 February 1799) was an Italian Catholic priest (for which the name was coined for him: Abbe Spallanzani) biologist and physiologist who made significant contributions to the study of the bodily functions, reproduction in animals and echolocation in animals.

Biography of Antonie van Leeuwenhoek - Father of Microbiology
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Biography of Antonie van Leeuwenhoek – Father of Microbiology

Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek was a Dutch scientist and businessman in the Golden Age of Dutch science and technology. He was a self-taught person in science, he's popularly referred to by the title "the Father of Microbiology" and was among the pioneers of microscopists and microbiologists.

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