Scientific Biographies
Science is a human pursuit. Meet some of the people who have contributed to the history of chemistry, chemical engineering, and the life sciences.
Paul de Kruif
The bacteriologist and Microbe Hunters author sensationalized science for popular audiences.


George Washington Carver
ca. 1864 - 1943

Ernst Boris Chain
1906 - 1979

Edward Chandler
1887 - 1973

Nancy Chang
b. 1950

Paul Charpentier
n.d.

Uma Chowdhry
1947 - 2024

Stanley N. Cohen
b. 1935

Mildred Cohn
1913 - 2009

Edith Coleman
1874 - 1951

James Bertram Collip
1892 - 1965

Carl Ferdinand Cori
1896 - 1984

Gerty Theresa Cori
1896 - 1957

Archibald Scott Couper
1831 - 1892

Simone Courvoisier
n.d.

Francis Crick
1916 - 2004

Marie Sklodowska Curie
1867 - 1934

Robert F. Curl
1933 - 2022

John Dalton
1766 - 1844

Marie Maynard Daly
1921 - 2003

George E. Davis
1850 - 1906

Humphry Davy
1778 - 1829

Paul de Kruif
1890 - 1971

Jean Delay
1907 - 1987

Pierre Deniker
1917 - 1998

Carl Djerassi
1923 - 2015

Gerhard Domagk
1895 - 1964

Herbert Henry Dow
1866 - 1930

Charles Richard Drew
1904 - 1950
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