Biology Collection (page 8)

Science class, Albion Street Girls School, Rotherhithe, London, 1908. Students watch an experiment being performed at the front of the class, supervised by the teacher

Alexander Fleming, Scottish bacteriologist, c1930s. Fleming (1881-1955) discovered the first antibiotic drug, penicillin, in 1928

Galvanis discovery, 1780 (1894). Italian physiologist Luigi Galvani experimenting on frogs. A professor working in Bologna

Erasmus Darwin, English physician and naturalist, (c1819). Artist: Holl
Erasmus Darwin, English physician and naturalist, (c1819). Erasmus Darwin (1731-1802) was the grandfather of Charles Darwin and Francis Galton

Darwins study at Down House, his home near Beckenham, Kent, 1883. Darwin (1809-1882) was employed as naturalist on HMS Beagle from 1831-1836

Man Drawn as an Anatomical Figure to Show the Heart, Lungs and Main Arteries, c1480 (1945). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Man Drawn as an Anatomical Figure to Show the Heart, Lungs and Main Arteries, c1480 (1945). From The Drawings of Leonardo da Vinci. [Reynal & Hitchcock, New York, 1945]

Four or the species of finch observed by Darwin on the Galapagos Islands, showing variation of beak.The study of the flora of the Islands contributed to Darwins theory of evolution

Section of the abdomen of a cow, showing foetus in normal position, c1905 (c1910)
Section of the abdomen of a cow, showing foetus in normal position with diagrammatic section of a placental cotyledon or tuft, c1905 (c1910)

Teeth of a horse as an indication of age, c1905 (c1910). From Live Stock in Health and Disease, edited by Professor J Prince-Sheldon. [The Waverley Book Co. Ltd, London, c1890]

Structure of the foot of a horse, c1907 (c1910). Artist: RE Holding
Structure of the foot of a horse, c1907 (c1910). From Live Stock in Health and Disease, edited by Professor J Prince-Sheldon. [The Waverley Book Co. Ltd, London, c1890]

Superficial muscles, tendons, etc of a horse, c1907 (c1910). Artist: RE Holding
Superficial muscles, tendons, etc of a horse, c1907 (c1910). From Live Stock in Health and Disease, edited by Professor J Prince-Sheldon. [The Waverley Book Co. Ltd, London, c1890]

Vertical section of the body of a horse, c1907 (c1910). Artist: RE Holding
Vertical section of the body of a horse, c1907 (c1910). From Live Stock in Health and Disease, edited by Professor J Prince-Sheldon. [The Waverley Book Co. Ltd, London, c1890]

Linaeus in Lapland Dress, c1918. Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) made an expedition to Lapland, the northernmost region in Sweden, in 1732. From Story-Lives of Great Scientists, by F. J. Rowbotham

Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895), English biologist, 1890. Artist: W&D Downey
Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895), English biologist, 1890. Huxley was known as Darwins Bulldog for his advocacy of Charles Darwins theory of evolution

The higher education of women in Japan, 1910. A biological class in the Nippon Womens University at Tokyo. A Photograph from The Graphic, 14th May 1910

Louis Pasteur, French microbiologist and chemist, 19th century. Portrait of Pasteur (1822-1895), pioneering scientist who founded the science of microbiology, proved the germ theory of disease

Jean Henri Fabre, French entomologist, 1880. Fabre (1823-1915) examining specimens through a magnifying glass. He wrote numerous books on the anatomy and behaviour of insects

Pierre Paul Emile Roux, French physician, bacteriologist and immunologist, 1928. Roux (1853-1933) was one of the closest collaborators of Louis Pasteur

Claude Bernard, French physiologist, 1876. Bernard (1813-1878) investigated the liver, discovering glycogen, and determined that most of the process of digestion occurs in the small intestine

Louis Pasteur, French chemist and microbiologist, 1893. Pasteur (1822-1895), was a pioneering scientist who founded the science of microbiology, proved the germ theory of disease

Charles Darwin, British naturalist, 1878. Darwin started his career on board the HMS Beagle and spent six years surveying the South American seas

Charles Darwin, British naturalist, 1878. Darwin started his career on board the HMS Beagle and spent six years surveying the South American seas

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, 17th century Dutch scientist and microscopy pioneer, c1870. Artist: W Steelink
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, 17th century Dutch scientist and microscopy pioneer, c1870. It was probably as a result of his use of lenses in examining cloth as a drapers apprentice that led to

Anatomical sketch of a human foetus in the womb, c1510 (1954). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Anatomical sketch of a human foetus in the womb, c1510 (1954). Found in the collection of the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, Windsor. A print from Leonardo da Vinci by Ludwig H Heydenreich

Diagram of the blood vortex in the heart, late 15th or early 16th century (1954). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Diagram of the blood vortex in the heart, late 15th or early 16th century (1954). Found in the collection of the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, Windsor

Study of the heart and the bronchial arteries, late 15th or early 16th century (1954). Artist: Leonardo da Vinci
Study of the heart and the bronchial arteries, late 15th or early 16th century (1954). Found in the collection of the Royal Library, Windsor Castle, Windsor

Evolution of ManArtist: Karen Humpage
Evolution of Man

Diagram showing the Alimentary Canal, which passes right through the body, c1934. From The Treasury of Knowledge. [Richard Clay & Sons, Ltd. Bungay, Suffolk, 1934]

Bacteria, c19th century
Bacteria. [Cassell & Company Limited, London], c19th century

Charles Darwin (1809-1882), British naturalist, 1924
Charles Darwin (1809-1882), British naturalist. Darwin started his career on board the HMS Beagle and spent six years surveying the South American seas

Charles Darwin, 1882. From the medal by Alphonse Legros. Darwin (1809-1882) started his career on board the HMS Beagle and spent six years surveying the South American seas

Charles Darwin, 19th century English naturalist, (1900). Artist: Elliott & Fry
Charles Darwin, 19th century English naturalist, (1900). Darwin (1809-1882) started his career on board the HMS Beagle and spent six years surveying the South American seas

Louis Pasteur, 19th century French microbiologist and chemist, (1900). Pasteur (1822-1895) developed the pasteurisation process which kills pathogens in milk, wine and foods

Karl Ernst von Baer, 19th century German biologist, (1900). Born in Estonia, Baer (1792-1876) is regarded as one of the founding fathers of embryology. He discovered the mammalian ovum (egg) in 1827

Charles Darwin, 19th century British naturalist, (20th century). Darwin (1809-1882) was employed as naturalist on HMS Beagle from 1831-1836

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck, French naturalist, (20th century). Lamarck (1744-1829) formulated the doctrine of Transformism (also known as Lamarckism)

Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist, c1890. Artist: Cassell, Petter & Galpin
Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist, c1890. Huxley (1825-1895) was known as Darwins bulldog because of his ardent support of Darwins theory of evolution

Sea anemones, c19th century. Artist: A Fullarton & Co
Sea anemones, c19th century

Charles Darwin, 1878. Artist: Lock & Whitfield
Charles Darwin, 1878. Darwin started his career on board the HMS Beagle and spent six years surveying the South American seas

Thomas Henry Huxley, British biologist, c1870s. Huxley (1825-1895) was known as Darwins bulldog because of his ardent support of Darwins theory of evolution

Nikolai Nikolaevich Miklukho-Maklai, Russian anthropologist, Queensland, Australia, c1880. An early supporter of the theories of Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin, British naturalist, c1860s-c1870s. Artist: Ernst Hader
Charles Darwin, British naturalist, c1860s-c1870s. Darwin (1809-1882) started his career on board HMS Beagle and spent six years surveying the South American seas

Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, Russian microbiologist, c1900s(?). Artist: Nadar
Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov, Russian microbiologist, c1900s(?). Mechnikov (1845-1916) continued the work of Louis Pasteur, specialising in the study of the immune system

Nicholas Miklouho-Maclay, Russian ethnologist, anthropologist and biologist, 1886. Miklouho-Maclay (1846-1888) was the first Russian anthropologist to refute the view that different races of humans

Inauguration of Louis Pasteurs statue, Paris, 1904. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 24th July 1904

Harmful plants, 1897. Artist: F Meaulle
Harmful plants, 1897. An illustration from Le Petit Journal, 21st March 1897

Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch pioneer of microscopy, (1813). Artist: J Chapman
Antoni van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch pioneer of microscopy, (1813). 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

Where is our dad, French Postcard, c1900. Private collection

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