Who proposed the idea that the first form of life could have come from pre-existing non-living organic molecules?

Oparin of Russia and Haldane of England proposed that the first forms of life could have come from pre-existing non-living organic molecules and that formation of life was preceded by chemical evolution. 
Hardy and Weinberg explained the genetic equilibrium in randomly mating large populations.
Bateson and Punnet proposed coupling and repulsion hypothesis.
Darwin and Wallace independently proposed the theory or natural selection.