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Félix-Archimède Pouchet: Quick Facts

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Born August 26, 1800 • Rouen • France
Died December 6, 1872 (aged 72) • Rouen • France
Notable Works “Hétérogénie”
Subjects Of Study spontaneous generation
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John Needham
British naturalist
Painting by Albert Edelfelt showing Louis Pasteur in his laboratory, holding a glass flask and examining it intently, surrounded by scientific equipment on a workbench.
Louis Pasteur
French chemist and microbiologist
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Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
French naturalist
Belon, detail from an engraving
Pierre Belon
French naturalist
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace
British naturalist
Oil painting by Jan Verkolje showing Antonie van Leeuwenhoek seated at a table with a globe, papers, inkstand, and a compass in hand, wearing a brown robe and white shirt.
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Dutch scientist
Conrad Gesner.
Conrad Gesner
Swiss physician and naturalist
Sloane, detail of an oil painting by S. Slaughter, 1736; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Hans Sloane, Baronet
British physician
Swammerdam, Jan
Jan Swammerdam
Dutch naturalist
Sir Joseph Banks, engraving by Ridley, 1802
Sir Joseph Banks
British naturalist
Aldrovandi, Ulisse
Ulisse Aldrovandi
Italian naturalist
Bates, H.W.
H.W. Bates
British naturalist and explorer
Lyonnet, detail of an oil painting by Hendrik van Limborch, 1742; in a private collection
Pierre Lyonnet
Dutch naturalist and engraver
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Gilbert White
English naturalist and clergyman
Bowerbank
James Scott Bowerbank
British naturalist and paleontologist
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
French biologist
Buffon, engraving by C. Baron after Drouais, 1761.
Georges-Louis Leclerc, count de Buffon
French naturalist
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Jeanne Villepreux-Power
French-born naturalist
Palissy ware
Bernard Palissy
French potter and scientist

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