english biologists library

English biologists have contributed some of biology's greatest findings. With the increasing importance of genetics, conservation and microbiology, English biologists may yet discover some of nature's most amazing secrets.

Featured Article: Robin Holliday

Holliday, Robin (1932-), a British geneticist, proposed the first widely accepted model of recombination between DNA molecules. See more »

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Rosalind Elsie Franklin

Franklin, Rosalind Elsie (1920-1958) was a British chemist and molecular biologist.

Sir Ernst Boris Chain

Chain, Sir Ernst Boris (1906–1979), a British biochemist. In the late 1930's, he and the British pathologist Howard W.

Thomas Henry Huxley

Huxley, Thomas Henry (1825–1895), an English biologist, lecturer, and writer. He is noted for his original research in zoology and other fields, and for the lucid essays in which he popularized science.

Timothy Hunt

Hunt, Timothy (1943-), a British biologist, won a share of the 2001 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for his discovery of proteins that help control the growth and multiplication of cells in living organisms.

William Jackson Hooker

Hooker, William Jackson (1785-1865) was an English botanist, prolific author, and gifted botanical illustrator.

William Maddock Bayliss

Bayliss, William Maddock (1860-1924) was an English biologist who worked in the fiel the of physiology the branch of biology that studies life functions.