History of Classification Scientists
| Scientist | Year | Accomplishment |
Aristotle |
5 AD |
First
classify living things: two major groups... plants
and animals. Plants were separated by (structure)... herbs, shrubs, and trees Animals were grouped as to where they lived...land, sea, or air. |
Theophrastus |
Classified plants: Size and kind of stems: herbs, shrubs, and trees | |
John Ray |
Identified & classified 18,000 plants. 1st to use the term species. | |
Carolus Linnaeus |
1707-1778 |
Swedish
naturalist the "Father of Taxonomy" Developed the system by which we name organisms today. |
Antoine Laurent de Jussieu |
1707-1836 |
A Frenchman, who Established the major subdivisions of the plant kingdom. |
Georges Leoplod Cuvier |
1769-1832 |
A Frenchman, who established major phyla, for the animal kingdom. |
Ernst Haeckel |
1834-1919 |
German who introduced the monera (bacteria) kingdom. |
Herbert F. Copeland |
1902-1968 |
American
who reclassified all the microorganisms. All the nucleated microorganisms in the Kingdom protista. |
Robert H. Whitaker |
1924-1980 |
American
who founded the five kingdom system. Elevating the fungi to kingdom status |