Nicolas Théodore de Saussure
Videos
Nicolas-Théodore de Saussure was a Swiss chemist and student of plant physiology who made seminal advances in phytochemistry. He is one of the major pioneers in the study of photosynthesis.
Nicolas Théodore de Saussure
Jean Senebier
Videos
Jean Senebier 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 pl
Nicolas Théodore de Saussure
…of photosynthesis research, completing the work begun by his predecessors, including Jan Baptist van Helmont, Joseph Priestley, Jan Ingenhousz, and Jean Senebier. For the several decades following publication of Saussure's book, his findings about the atmospheric source of plant carbon and the soil source for…
Jean Senebier
Recherches sur l'influence de la lumiere solaire pour métamorpher l'air fixe en air pur par la végétation, 1783
Bust of Jean Senebier, on display on the grounds of the Geneva Botanical Garden.