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- Born
- 1730
- Died
- 1799
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- 5
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- Johann Jngen-Housz k.k. Hofraths und Leibarztes ...
- Exp©♭riences sur les v©♭g©♭taux ...
- ... Über Ernährung der Pflanzen und Früchtbarkeit des Bodens
- Kurzer Entwurf der Lehre von der Elektricität
- Spiegazione delle esperienze recate contro l'influsso dell'elettricità nella vegetazione da' signori Ingenhoutz, e Schwankhardt, ed ulteriori esperienze confermanti tale influsso
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Jan Ingenhousz FRS (8 December 1730 – 7 September 1799) was a Dutch-British physiologist, biologist and chemist.
He is best known for discovering photosynthesis by showing that light is essential to the process by which green plants absorb carbon dioxide and release oxygen. He also discovered that plants, like animals, have cellular respiration. In his lifetime he was known for successfully inoculating the members of the Habsburg family in Vienna against smallpox in 1768 and subsequently being the private counsellor and personal physician to the Austrian-Habsburg Empress Maria Theresa.
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1730 births1799 deaths18th-century Dutch botanists18th-century Dutch medical doctorsBritish fellows of the Royal SocietyCourt physiciansDutch CatholicsDutch fellows of the Royal SocietyDutch physiologistsLeiden University alumniMembers of the American Philosophical SocietyOld University of Leuven alumni