1713–1781 British priest and microscopist who experimented on the generation of microorganisms.
Keywords: microscopy; spontaneous generation; experimental method; squid; microorganism
Needham, John Turberville
MJ Ratcliff, Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine, London, UK
Published online: April 2001
DOI: 10.1038/npg.els.0002433
| Further Reading | |
| book Mazzolini R and Roe SA (1986) "Science against the Unbelievers, The Correspondence of Charles Bonnet and John Turberville Needham 1760–1780". In: Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century, vol. 243. Oxford: The Voltaire Foundation. | |
| book Needham JT (1745) An Account Of Some New Microscopical Discoveries Founded on An Examination of the Calamary, and its wonderful Milt-Vessels. London: F. Needham. | |
| book Needham JT (1749) Observations upon the Generation, Composition and Decomposition of Animal and Vegetable Substances. London. | |
| Roe SA (1983) John Turberville Needham and the generation of living organisms. Isis 74: 159–184. | |
