Jan Evangelista Purkyně, Czech anatomist and physiologist (born 1787)

Jan Evangelista Purkyně

Czech scientist (1787–1869)

Jan Evangelista Purkyně 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…