module 1 imp info Flashcards
1
Q
A modern naturalist
A
Reverend Gilbert white
1. first person to study the behaviour of swift and house martins
2
Q
what was the book written by Reverend Gilbert white
A
the natural history of selborne
3
Q
who defined the term biology
A
JEAN BAPTISTE LAMARCK
that biology should be studied as a whole i.e. botany and zoology combined
4
Q
father of biology/zoology
A
aristotle
5
Q
father of microbilogy
A
Antonio van leeuwenhoek
6
Q
father of taxonomy
A
carolus linnaeus
7
Q
father of paleontology
A
Georges cuvier
8
Q
father of evolution
A
Charles darwin
9
Q
father of biogeography
A
Alfred russell wallace
10
Q
father of genetics
A
gregor mendel
