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Nehemiah Grew (26 September 1641 – 25 March 1712) was an English plant anatomist and physiologist, known as the "Father of Plant Anatomy ". Biography. Grew was the only son of Obadiah Grew (1607–1688), Nonconformist divine and vicar of St Michaels, Coventry, and was born in Warwickshire.
Nehemiah Grew (baptized Sept. 26, 1641, Mancetter Parish, Warwickshire, Eng.—died March 25, 1712, London) was an English botanist, physician, and microscopist, who, with the Italian microscopist Marcello Malpighi, is considered to be among the founders of the science of plant anatomy.
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Feb 4, 2020 · Nehemiah Grew (1641–1712) was an English physician best known for his pioneering research on plant anatomy, which he conducted for the Royal Society in the 1670s. Using both naked eye observations and a microscope, Grew pictured the inner structures of plant parts in much higher detail than had ever been done before.
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May 21, 2018 · plant morphology, plant anatomy. Grew was the son of Obadiah Grew, a clergyman and schoolmaster, and Ellen Vicars. After early education at Coventry, he took his B.A. in 1661 at Cambridge, where he was a member of Pembroke Hall.
Mar 1, 2011 · Nehemiah Grew (1641-1712) is best remembered for his careful and novel observations on plant anatomy, for his role in the development of comparative anatomy and as one of the first naturalists to utilize the microscope in the study of plant morphology.
Nehemiah Grew, MD, was the son of Obadiah Grew, a celebrated Nonconformist divine, and was born at Coventry, about the year 1641. (1) He was educated at Pembroke hall, Cambridge, as a member of which he proceeded bachelor of arts in 1661.
Nehemiah Grew. 1641-1712. English botanist and microscopist who was one of the founders of plant anatomy. His pioneering text, The Anatomy of Vegetables Begun (1672) described the structure of bean seeds, the existence of cells, and introduced many of the terms used to describe the parts of plants.
