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Edward Jenner: The end of plagues?
John Rhodes, immunologist and author of a new book about Edward Jenner and vaccination, The End of Plagues: The Global Battle Against Infectious Disease, pays tribute to Jenner. Jenner won a place in our online poll in June to find the top ten biologists who had changed the world as part of our hertiage focused … Continue reading
Categories: Biology Changing the World
Tags: biology, Edward Jenner, Heritage, history, Immunology, Infection, Vaccination
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Wallace: The most admirable man in all science?
To celebrate the place of Alfred Russel Wallace in the top ten biologists who’ve changed the world, Dr Elizabeth Rollinson, executive secretary at the Linnean Society writes about his achievements. Alfred Russel Wallace was a naturalist and explorer, born in 1823 in Usk, Wales. In 1852, he began a correspondence with Charles Darwin that would … Continue reading
Categories: Biology Changing the World, Royal Society of Biology
Tags: biology, British Museum, Darwin, Heritage, history, Linnean Society, Wallace
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