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Definition of Jan Swammerdam
1. Noun. Dutch naturalist and microscopist who proposed a classification of insects and who was among the first to recognize cells in animals and was the first to see red blood cells (1637-1680).
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Literary usage of Jan Swammerdam
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Copepodologist's Cabinet: A Biographical and Bibliographical History by David M. Damkaer (2002)
"Jan Swammerdam 12 February 1637-17 February 1680 Of the near-microscopic and
free-living Crustacea, the earliest to be revealed to science was a cladoceran, ..."
2. Steno on Muscles by Troels Kardel (1994)
"... 3.3 The Influence of Swammerdam When Stensen developed his geometrical muscle
model, Jan Swammerdam (-) was doing basic research in muscle physiology. ..."
3. An Introduction to the History of Medicine: With Medical Chronology by Fielding H. Garrison (1913)
"Jan Swammerdam (1637-80), whose interest in natural history was awakened by the
fact that his father's apothecary-shop contained the finest collection of ..."
4. The Prodromus of Nicolaus Steno's Dissertation Concerning a Solid Body by Nicolaus Steno (1916)
"No fellowship could fail to stimulate reflection which included such men as Jan
Swammerdam, the naturalist, whom Steno had previously known at Amsterdam; ..."
5. American Journal of Philology by Project Muse, JSTOR (Organization) (1908)
"38, but it is hard to find another in literature until after 1670, when the Dutch
naturalist, Jan Swammerdam, discovered the sex of the royal bee by the aid ..."
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