Henri Ferdinand Van Heurck
✓ Source-basedfallingBelgian botanist (1838-1909)
ScientistsLived 1838 to 1909 · aged 71
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Henri Ferdinand van Heurck was a Belgian diatom specialist and microscopist. Born in an industrialist family, he taught himself microscopy and botany and wrote several pioneering works on diatoms, their study under the microscope and their preservation.
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Henri Ferdinand van Heurck was a Belgian diatom specialist and microscopist. Born in an industrialist family, he taught himself microscopy and botany and wrote several pioneering works on diatoms, their study under the microscope and their preservation. He pioneered the use of electric lighting and its use in microphotography.
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Lived 1838 to 1909 · aged 71
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