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John Turberville Needham FRS (10 September 1713 – 30 December 1781) was an English biologist and Roman Catholic priest. He was first exposed to natural philosophy while in seminary school and later published a paper which, while the subject was mostly about geology, described the mechanics of pollen and won recognition in the ...
John Turberville Needham, more commonly known as John Needham, was an English naturalist and Roman Catholic cleric. He was the first clergyman to be elected to the Royal Society of London. He is also noted for his theory of spontaneous generation and the scientific evidence he had presented to support it.
John Needham (born September 10, 1713, London, England—died December 30, 1781, Brussels, Belgium) was an English naturalist and Roman Catholic divine, the first clergyman of his faith to become a fellow of the Royal Society of London (1768).
Nov 21, 2023 · John Tuberville Needham was born in London, England, on September 10th, 1713. He was the first clergyman to gain entrance to the Royal Society of London and was both a naturalist and a...
Needham was born in London in 1713. He left England in order to receive the education required for the Roman Catholic priesthood, which he completed in 1738. (Such schooling would have been difficult to obtain in England, which was under Protestant rule after a period of religious turmoil.)
John Turberville Needham FRS (10 September 1713 – 30 December 1781) was an English biologist and Roman Catholic priest. He was first exposed to natural philosophy while in seminary school and later published a paper which, while the subject was mostly about geology, described the mechanics of pollen and won recognition in the botany community.
John Turberville Needham FRS (10 September 1713 – 30 December 1781) was an English biologist and Roman Catholic priest. He was first exposed to natural philosophy while in seminary school and later published a paper which, while the subject was mostly about geology, described the mechanics of pollen and won recognition in the botany community.
