Simplify the following text for a Grade 14 native English-speaking person.
Original: The biological concept of morphology was developed by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ( 1790 ) and independently by the German anatomist and physiologist Karl Friedrich Burdach ( 1800 ) .
Simplified: The concept of morphology was developed by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ( 1790 ) and independently by the German anatomist and physiologist Karl Friedrich Burdach ( 1800 ) .