Jean Senebier | |
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| Born | 25 May 1742 Geneva, Republic of Geneva |
| Died | 22 July 1809 (aged 67) Geneva, Department of Léman, First French Empire |
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| Fields | Plant physiology, photosynthesis |
Jean Senebier (25 May 1742[1] – 22 July 1809[2][3]) was a Genevan Calvinist pastor and naturalist. He was chief librarian of the Republic of Geneva. A pioneer in the field of photosynthesis research, he provided extensive evidence that plants consume carbon dioxide and produced oxygen. He also showed a link between the amount of carbon dioxide available and the amount of oxygen produced and determined that photosynthesis took place at the parenchyma, the green fleshy part of the leaf.
- ^ "Archives d’Etat de Genève, Registre de la paroisse protestante du Temple Neuf ou de la Fusterie: 1) Baptêmes du 4 mai 1740 au 6 janvier 1765. 2) Mariages du 25 juillet 1740 au 8 décembre 1764", [1], Image 22, last entry.
- ^ Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 24 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 637.
- ^ Senebier, Jean, in the Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.