In 1859 Charles Darwin published his book, "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection" subtitled "the Preservation of Favored Races in the Struggle for Life". He had done the first draft in 1844. Many would credit him with the start of the evolution movement. He however was not the first. Lets start back before the 1800's. Carolus Linnaeus (1707-1778) a Swedish physician and botanist who is regarded as the father of taxonomy, created the classification of plants and animals, was a creationist and a God fearing man. However, his system of taxonomy is used by evolutionists today to bolster their argument. Another Bible believing scientist was Geoges Cuvier (1769 - 1832) who was a great French anatomist and considered to be one of the chief architects of the science of paleontology. He believed that different fossils in strata were due to catastrophes, with the Flood being the last in a series. He was a firm creationist and participated in (and won) debates in creation vs evolution. Thomas Malthus and James Hutton influenced Darwin by thier writings. Hutton believed in gradualism and Malthus showed the struggle for existence. This struggle would be incorporated into Darwin's Origin book. Charles Lyell (1797 - 1875), was perhaps the forerunner in evolutionary thought in the world. Lyell carried Hutton's gradualism farther, into uniformitarianism, expanding the time of the geological process. Lyell caused people to doubt the flood. Hutton caused people to doubt the age of the earth. Darwin caused the people to doubt the Creator. For the thought process that spans many millennium, we can go back to Genesis and see where God's word was first questioned:
Now the serpent was more subtle . . . He said unto the woman,"Yea hath God said. . .?" Genesis 3:1
Jean Baptiste Lamarck (1744 - 1829), brought forth the idea of "felt needs", which is what an organism used to better itself into another creature. He thought that with use and disuse organs gained or lost reliability. Weismann cut the tails off mice attempting to prove they would eventually loose the ability to grow one. 4000 years of circumcision has not changed mans development.
The following is a list, albeit not comprehensive, of scientists and their contribution to the world. They are scattered throughout history and they were creationists and very notable men I might add:
