Jan Evangelista PurkynÄ›
Austrian scientist
Born on: December 17, 1787Died on: July 28, 1869
Aged: 81 years 223 days (979 months)
Nationality: Czech
Birth Sign: Sagittarius
Jan Evangelista PurkynÄ› was a Czech anatomist and physiologist. In 1839, he coined the term "protoplasma" for the fluid substance of a cell.
He was one of the best known scientists of his time. Such was his fame that when people from outside Europe wrote letters to him, all that they needed to put as the address was "PurkynÄ›, Europe".
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