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Born April 21, 1843 • Mecklenburg
Died August 4, 1905 (aged 62) • Kiel • Germany
Subjects Of Study cell • chromosome • mitosis
Edmund Beecher Wilson
Edmund Beecher Wilson
American biologist
Günter Blobel
German-American scientist
Andreas Vesalius
Andreas Vesalius
Belgian physician
Lynn Margulis
American biologist
Ralph M. Steinman.
Ralph M. Steinman
Canadian immunologist and cell biologist
Ohsumi, Yoshinori
Yoshinori Ohsumi
Japanese biologist
Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
French naturalist
Rothman, James E.
James E. Rothman
American biochemist and cell biologist
Schekman, Randy W.
Randy W. Schekman
American biochemist and cell biologist
John Sulston
British biologist
Paul Alfred Weiss
American biologist
Albert Claude
Belgian cytologist
Keith Roberts Porter
American biologist
George E. Palade
Romanian-born American cell biologist
Cyril Dean Darlington
British biologist
Belon, detail from an engraving
Pierre Belon
French naturalist
William Brooks
William Keith Brooks
American zoologist
Lyonnet, detail of an oil painting by Hendrik van Limborch, 1742; in a private collection
Pierre Lyonnet
Dutch naturalist and engraver
Daniel Mazia
American biologist
John Goodsir
Scottish anatomist

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