Jean Senebier
Swiss botanist
Died when: 67 years 77 days (806 months)Star Sign: Taurus
Jean Senebier (6 or 25 May 1742 – 22 July 1809) 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.
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