Historical Figures in Biology and Medicine Quiz

Who is known as the 'father of botany'?

• Hippocrates

• Galen

• Theophrastus

• Aristotle

Which figure advanced the understanding of anatomy through dissections?

• Pliny the Elder

• Herophilus

• Galen

• Dioscorides

Who authored 'The Canon of Medicine'?

• Maimonides

• William Harvey

• Al-Razi (Rhazes)

• Ibn Sina (Avicenna)

Which scientist discovered the circulation of blood?

• Robert Koch

• Louis Pasteur

• Joseph Lister

• William Harvey

Who is credited with developing binomial nomenclature?

• Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon

• Carolus Linnaeus

• Charles Darwin

• Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

Which scientist is known for pioneering microscopy?

• Ferdinand Cohn

• Marcello Malpighi

• Robert Hooke

• Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Who proposed early ideas on evolution?

• Charles Darwin

• Erasmus Darwin

• Alfred Russel Wallace

• Jean-Baptiste Lamarck

Which figure is known for the theory of natural selection?

• Charles Darwin

• Thomas Huxley

• Gregor Mendel

• William Bateson

Who laid the foundations of plant pathology?

• Anton de Bary

• Karl von Baer

• Emil von Behring

• Hermann von Helmholtz

Which scientist is known for contributions to immunology?

• Joseph Lister

• Emil von Behring

• Louis Pasteur

• Robert Koch