Biology Collection (page 11)

Farmers discussing Dishley (New Leicester) sheep, 1822. This breed of sheep arose as a result of a selective breeding programme carried out by Robert Bakewell (1725-1795) on his farm at Dishley

New Leicester (Dishley) ram, 1842. This breed of sheep arose as a result of a selective breeding programme carried out by Robert Bakewell (1725-1795) on his farm at Dishley, Leicestershire

Longhorn cattle owned by Sir John Harpur-Crewe, Calke Abbey, 1885. Robert Bakewell (1725-1795) of Dishley, Leicestershire, improved this dual-purpose dairy and beef breed of cattle

Dishley (New Leicester) sheep, 1811. This breed of sheep arose as a result of a selective breeding programme carried out by Robert Bakewell (1725-1795) on his farm at Dishley, Leicestershire

Dishley (New Leicester) Ram, c1840. This breed of sheep was the result of a selective breeding programme operated by Robert Bakewell (1725-1795) on his farm at Dishley, Leicestershire, England

Anton van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723), Dutch microscopist, c1810. Artist: John Chapman
Anton van Leewenhoek (1632-1723) Dutch microscopist, c1810. It was probably as a result of his use of lenses in examining cloth as a drapers apprentice that led to Leeuwenhoeks interest in lens

Alexandre Agassiz, Swiss-born American oceanographer, marine zoologist and mining engineer, 1883. Alexandre Emmanuel Rodolphe Agassiz (1835-1910)

Geology and Palaeontology, c1880. Diagram showing geological eras and periods with the rock strata associated with each (right) as well as the types of flora and fauna alive at the time

Charles Darwin, English naturalist. Darwin (1809-1882) as a young man. Darwin was employed as naturalist on HMS Beagle from 1831-1836

Louis Pasteur, French chemist and founder of modern bacteriology, 1887. Pasteur (1822-1895) holding rabbits used in his work on hydrophobia (rabies)

Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch pioneer of microscopy, 1723. Artist: Abraham de Blois
Anton van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch pioneer of microscopy, c1660. It was probably as a result of his use of lenses in examining cloth as a drapers apprentice that led to Leeuwenhoeks interest in lens

William Bateson (1861-1926), British geneticist, 1914. Bateson translated the studies of Gregor Mendel and helped to establish Mendels theory of inheritance

Professor Francis Maitland Balfour (1851-1882), Scottish embryologist, 1882. The brother of Conservative statesman AJ Balfour, Francis Balfour was killed in a climbing accident on Mont Blanc

Karl Ernst von Baer (1792-1876), Estonian-born German naturalist and embryologist. He discovered the mammalian ovum (egg) in 1827

Bag for sliding caliper used by Dr. Montague Cobb, mid 20th century. Creator: Unknown
William Montague Cobb (1904-1990) was an African-American physician, physical anthropologist and civil rights activist. A professor at Howard University

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