3. Scientists Related To
Classification
•From ancient times onwards, man
tried to group organisms on the basis
of various criteria.
•Some scientists who tried to make
this classification more scientific.
4. Aristotle(BC 384-322)
Greece
Father of biology
Classified both
plants and animals
Two group
classification
Red blooded and
non- red blooded
5. Charaka (AD 1 )
India
Father of
Ayurveda
Classified
about200animals
and plants
Recorded in the
book Charaka
Samhitha
6. John Ray (1627-1705)
England
Laid the foundation
of scientific method of
classification
Recorded more than
18,000 plants
Book Historia
Generalis Plantarum
Used the term
species for the first
time.