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EMINENT SCIENTIST & THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS IN

CLASSIFICATION

SUBMITTED BYABHILA P SRoll No : 97

Natural ScienceN S S Training College

Pandalam

ARISTOTLE

(BC 384-322)Greece• FATHER OF BIOLOGY• He classified both plants and animals.• He classified animals in to two groups.• Red blooded and non-red blooded.

CHARAKA

(AD 1st century . India) FATHER OF AYURVEDAClassified about 200 animals and plants and

recorded them in the book ‘charaka samhitha’.

JOHN RAY

(1627-1705)ENGLAND Laid the foundation of scientific method of

classification.he recorded more than 18,000 plants in the

book ‘historia generalis plantarum’.He used the term species for the first time.

CARL LINNAEUS

(1707-78) swedenFather of scientific classification.He classified the living world into two

kingdom.He suggested different levels of classification

on the basis of similarities and differences .• Devised the system of naming each organism

scientifically

ROBERT WHITTAKER

(1920-1980) America Robert whittaker classified the living world in

to five kingdom.This system of classification became more

acceptable to the world of science

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