Dr. Johannes Ingenhousz

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Johannes Ingen Housz

Czech: Jan
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Birthplace: Breda, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
Death: September 07, 1799 (68)
Bowood Park, England, United Kingdom
Immediate Family:

Son of Arnoldus Ingenhousz and Maria Beckers
Husband of Agathe Marie (Freiin von) Jacquin
Brother of Ludovicus Ingen Housz

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About Dr. Johannes Ingenhousz

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jan_Ingenhousz

Jan (or John) Ingenhousz or Ingen-Housz FRS (8 December 1730 – 7 September 1799) was a Dutch 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 Empress Maria Theresa.

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Dr. Johannes Ingenhousz's Timeline

1730
December 8, 1730
Breda, Breda, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
1799
September 7, 1799
Age 68
Bowood Park, England, United Kingdom