General Biology/Gallery of Biologists

Francis Crick chemist and molecular biologist, discovered structure of DNA molecule Charles Darwin the father of the science of evolutionary biology Richard Dawkins zoologist and biology populariser Stephen Jay Gould paleontologist and science populariser J.B.S. Haldane geneticist and evolutionary biologist, founded population genetics and the modern synthesis Bill Hamilton formulated theory of inclusive fitness and kin selection Thomas Huxley "Darwin's Bulldog", early evolutionary biologist and science populariser Lynn Margulis introduced the theory of eukaryotic cell origin through endosymbiosis Barbara McClintock geneticist and molecular biologist, discovered transposons Gregor Mendel discovered the basic rules of heredity Ernst Mayr evolutionary biologist and science populariser Mark Ridley science populariser Fred Sanger founder of DNA and protein sequencing techniques John Maynard Smith evolutionary biologist and science populariser Alfred Russel Wallace evolutionary biologist James Watson molecular biologist, discovered structure of DNA molecule Edward Wilson founded "sociobiology" This book is intended as a compilation of biographies describing the lives and work of influential biologists. External Links EvoWiki: List of Biologists