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Aristotle (384–322 BCE) – Early studies on comparative anatomy of animals.

Galen (129–c. 216 CE) – Anatomical studies of humans and animals.

Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564) – Father of modern anatomy; detailed human
anatomical morphology.

Marcello Malpighi (1628–1694) – Microscopic morphology of tissues and organs.

Anton van Leeuwenhoek (1632–1723) – Microscopic studies of cells and
microorganisms.

Robert Hooke (1635–1703) – Coined “cell”; morphological studies with the
microscope.

Carl Linnaeus (1707–1778) – Morphological classification of plants and animals.

Georges Cuvier (1769–1832) – Comparative anatomy and paleontology; “father of
paleontology.”

Jean-Baptiste Lamarck (1744–1829) – Morphology of invertebrates and
evolutionary theories.

Richard Owen (1804–1892) – Comparative anatomy and homology studies.

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