Jean Senebier, Swiss pastor and physiologist (died 1809)

Jean Senebier

Genevan Calvinist pastor and naturalist (1742–1809)

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 plants consume carbon dioxide and produced oxygen. He also showed a link between…