- Jean Senebier
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birth_date =May 6 ,1742
birth_place =Geneva
death_date =July 22 ,1809
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field =physiology
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Jean Senebier (May 6 ,1742 -July 22 ,1809 ) was a Swisspastor who wrote many works on vegetablephysiology .He was born at
Geneva , and is remembered for his contributions to the understanding of the influence of light on vegetation.Though
Marcello Malpighi andStephen Hales had shown that much of the substance of plants must be obtained from the atmosphere, no progress was made untilCharles Bonnet observed on leaves plunged in aerated water bubbles of gas, whichJoseph Priestley recognized asoxygen .Jan Ingenhousz proved the simultaneous disappearance ofcarbonic acid ; but it was Senebier who clearly showed that this activity was confined to the green parts, and to these only in sunlight, and first gave a connected view of the whole process of vegetable nutrition in strictly chemical terms. He was assisted in his work byFrançois Huber .The standard botanical author abbreviation Seneb. is applied to
species he described.References
* Sachs, "Geschichte d. Botanik", and "Arbeiten", vol. ii.
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*Citation
id =PMID :1814778
url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1814778
last=Legée
first=G
publication-date=1991
year=1991
title= [Physiology in the work of Jean Senebier (1742-1809)]
volume=49 Pt 3-4
issue=
periodical=Gesnerus
pages=307-22
*Citation
id =PMID :11615396
url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11615396
last=Marx
first=J
publication-date=1974
year=1974
title=L'art d'observer au XVIIIe siècle: Jean Senebier et Charles Bonnet.
volume=61
issue=1,2,3
periodical=Janus; revue internationale de l'histoire des sciences, de la médecine, de la pharmacie, et de la technique
pages=201-20
*Citation
id =PMID :16652699
url= http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16652699
last=Bay
first=J C
publication-date=1931 Jan
year=1931
title=JEAN SENEBIER.
volume=6
issue=1
periodical=Plant Physiol.
pages=188-93
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