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Needham, John Turberville

British naturalist

born Sept. 10, 1713, London

died Dec. 30, 1781, Brussels

English naturalist and Roman Catholic divine, first clergyman of his faith to become a fellow of the Royal Society of London (1768).

He was ordained in 1738 but spent much of his time as a teacher and tutor. His reading about animalcules (microscopic organisms) aroused an interest in natural science, and from 1746 to 1749 he studied in London and Paris. He became a staunch advocate of the theories of spontaneous generation (life from inorganic matter) and vitalism (doctrine holding that life processes cannot be explained by the laws of chemistry and physics). In 1750 he presented his theory of spontaneous generation and attempted to offer scientific evidence supporting the theory. In 1767 he retired to the English seminary at Paris to pursue his scientific experiments. He also served as the director of the Imperial Academy in Brussels until 1780.

词条	Needham, John Turberville
释义	Needham, John Turberville British naturalist born Sept. 10, 1713, London died Dec. 30, 1781, Brussels English naturalist and Roman Catholic divine, first clergyman of his faith to become a fellow of the Royal Society of London (1768). He was ordained in 1738 but spent much of his time as a teacher and tutor. His reading about animalcules (microscopic organisms) aroused an interest in natural science, and from 1746 to 1749 he studied in London and Paris. He became a staunch advocate of the theories of spontaneous generation (life from inorganic matter) and vitalism (doctrine holding that life processes cannot be explained by the laws of chemistry and physics). In 1750 he presented his theory of spontaneous generation and attempted to offer scientific evidence supporting the theory. In 1767 he retired to the English seminary at Paris to pursue his scientific experiments. He also served as the director of the Imperial Academy in Brussels until 1780.
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