Web Directory

» "Science Is in a Constant Flow"
   Biography of botanist Eduard Strasburger, considered the founder of modern cytology.
   http://www.deutsche-botanische-gesellschaft.de/html/047StrasburgerCV.html

» A Victorian Renaissance Man: John Obadiah Westwood
   Exhibits materials about the life and work of a prolific nineteenth-century entomologist, archaeologist, and biological illustrator.
   http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/exhibits/westwood/

» Biochemistry History
   Short biographies of Biochemists Marshall Nirenberg, who cracked the genetic code, and Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins, discoverer of vitamins
   http://www.imagery-imagination.com/biochem.htm

» Ed Ricketts
   Marine biologist who lived from 1897 - 1948 and undertook research including the effect of wave shock on marine animals and plants.
   http://ecotopia.org/ecology-hall-of-fame/ed-ricketts/

» Edward Drinker Cope (1840 - 1897)
   Biographical information on this American paleontologist and evolutionist.
   http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/cope.html

» Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802)
   Grandfather of Charles Darwin and a philosopher, botanist, and naturalist in his own right.
   http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/Edarwin.html

» Eugene Odum
   Biologist who lived from 1913 - 2002 and pioneered the concept of the ecosystem.
   http://ecotopia.org/ecology-hall-of-fame/eugene-odum/

» Fabre, Jean-Henri Casimir ( 1823 - 1915 )
   The life and work of this entomologist. E-Texts and Gallery.
   http://www.e-fabre.com/en/

» Francis Galton: Pioneer of Heredity and Biometry
   Information on a book by Michael Bulmer about this nineteenth century scientist's work on genetics, evolution and biological statistics.
   http://galton.org/biography/bulmer.htm

» Hans Spemann
   Provides information about Hans Spemann, 1935 Nobel Laureate in Medicine, and his work in embryology.
   http://library.thinkquest.org/24355/data/details/profiles/spemann.html

» Henry David Thoreau
   Biography, appreciation and bibliography of this naturalist who believed that humans are part of nature and that we function best when we remember this.
   http://ecotopia.org/ecology-hall-of-fame/henry-david-thoreau/

» Hofmann, Albert
   Dr. Albert Hofmann, the father of LSD, psilocybin, and psilocin.
   http://www.stainblue.com/ah.html

» Jan Swammerdam
   Describes the life and work of this 17th century Dutch microscopist.
   http://www.janswammerdam.net/

» Jean Linden
   The 19th century Belgian who explored and horticulturist who specialized in orchids.
   http://www.jeanlinden.info/

» John Burroughs
   Appreciation, bibliography and extracts from the works of this naturalist
   http://ecotopia.org/ecology-hall-of-fame/john-burroughs/

» Joseph Dalton Hooker
   A leading nineteenth century botanist, and close friend of Charles Darwin.
   http://www.jdhooker.org.uk/

» Linnaeus, Carl
   Biographical information on the "Father of Taxonomy" whose system for naming, ranking, and classifying organisms is still in use today.
   http://www.ucmp.berkeley.edu/history/linnaeus.html

» Robert Hooke
   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.
   http://www.roberthooke.org.uk/

» Ruth Patrick
   Biographical details of one of the pioneers of ecology and the study of ecosystems.
   http://ecotopia.org/ecology-hall-of-fame/ruth-patrick/

» Sistotrema confluens
   Tom Volk provides photographs and information on this strange tooth fungus in honor of the tercentenary of the birth of Carl Linnaeus.
   http://botit.botany.wisc.edu/toms_fungi/dec2007.html

» The Huxley File
   The works of Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895): physiologist, anatomist, anthropologist, agnostic, educator, and Darwin's bulldog.
   http://aleph0.clarku.edu/huxley/

» Weigl, Rudolf Stefan
   Professor Rudolf Stefan Weigl (1883-1957) has developed the first effective vaccine against typhus.
   http://lwow.home.pl/weigl/in-memoriam.html

» Willadsen, Steen
   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.
   http://library.thinkquest.org/24355/data/details/profiles/willadsen.html

» Wilmut, Ian
   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.
   http://library.thinkquest.org/24355/data/details/profiles/wilmut.html