thumb|Bust of Abraham Trembley, on display on the grounds of the [[Geneva Botanical Garden.]]

Abraham Trembley (3 September 1710 – 12 May 1784 Geneva) was a Genevan naturalist. He is best known for being the first to study freshwater polyps or hydra and for being among the first to develop experimental zoology. His mastery of experimental method has led some historians of science to credit him as the "father of biology".

Works

thumb|Memoires pour servir a l'histoire d'un genre de polypes d'eau douce, 1744

Further reading

  • "Hydra and the Birth of Experimental Biology, 1744: Abraham Trembley's Memoires Concerning the Polyps " Lenhoff, Sylvia G. and Howard M. Lenhoff, The Boxwood Press, Pacific Grove, CA1986 ( )
  • "Abraham Trembley of Geneva, Scientist and philosopher 1710-1784", John R. Baker, London, Edward Arnold & Co. 1952.
  • Science and Its Times: Understanding the Social Significance of Scientific Discovery, entries on Abraham Trembley, as reproduced on http://www.bookrags.com/Abraham_Trembley.
  • Animal, Vegetable and Mineral: Natural History books by ten authors , on-line exhibit, Sheridan Libraries, Johns Hopkins University
  • Online biography, Institute and Museum of the History of Science, Florence

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