Award
Fellow of the Royal Society
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Jan Ingenhousz
1730-12-08 – 1799-09-07
Life & Legacy
Jan Ingenhousz (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.
Occupation & Career
botanist, physician, physicist, physiologist, chemist, naturalist
Education
Leiden University; UCLouvain; Old University of Leuven
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Fellow of the Royal Society; Royal Society Bakerian Medal
Legacy Highlights
Honors & Awards
Fellow of the Royal Society · Royal Society Bakerian Medal
Organizations & Memberships
American Philosophical Society · Royal Society of London
Education & Institutions
Leiden University · Old University of Leuven · UCLouvain
Verified Legacy Record
Award
Royal Society Bakerian Medal
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q434131 · wikidata
Sources & Provenance
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