Jan Ingenhousz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Jan Ingenhousz

Dutch physiologist

Date of Birth: 08-Dec-1730

Place of Birth: Breda, North Brabant, Netherlands

Date of Death: 07-Sep-1799

Profession: physician, physicist, chemist, physiologist, botanist

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

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.