Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos
Jan Swammerdam
Table of Contents
Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics
Images
Swammerdam, Jan
Quizzes
Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
Faces of Science
Related Questions
Read Next
Wasp and bee, insect
What’s the Difference Between a Bee and a Wasp?
Malayan Leaf Frog - Megophrys nasuta
9 Animals That Look Like Leaves
pulmonary veins and arteries, circulation, cardiovascular system, human anatomy, (Netter replacement project - SSC)
13 Questions About How the Human Body Works Answered
Grasshopper on white background. (bug; insect)
Would You Eat Bugs?
H1N1 influenza virus particles. Colorized transmission electron micrograph. Surface proteins on surface of the virus particles shown in black. Influenza flu
10 Ways of Looking at Cells
Discover
Groups of depositors in front of the closed American Union Bank, New York City. April 26, 1932. Great Depression run on bank crowd
Causes of the Great Depression
Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)
Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture
Hemp (Cannabis sativa).
9 Mind-Altering Plants
Two chicks near an egg with a white background (poultry, chick, chickens, birds).
What Do Eggs Have to Do with Easter?
New Zealand. Political/Physical map. Includes locator.
Where Is “Old Zealand”?
July, 2006, Launch of Space Shuttle Discovery STS-121. See attached for full caption information.
Will Light-Speed Space Travel Ever Be Possible?
Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.
What is Holy Week?

Jan Swammerdam: Facts & Related Content

verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://www.britannica.com/facts/Jan-Swammerdam
Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Baptized February 12, 1637 • Amsterdam • Netherlands
Died February 15, 1680 • Amsterdam • Netherlands
Notable Works “A General History of Insects” • “Bible of Nature”
Subjects Of Study insect • Swammerdam valve • life cycle • red blood cell • microscope

Photos

Swammerdam, Jan
See All Images →
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Dutch scientist
Lyonnet, detail of an oil painting by Hendrik van Limborch, 1742; in a private collection
Pierre Lyonnet
Dutch naturalist and engraver
Conrad Gesner.
Conrad Gesner
Swiss physician and naturalist
Bates, H.W.
H.W. Bates
British naturalist and explorer
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin
British naturalist
British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace
Alfred Russel Wallace
British naturalist
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
Jean-Baptiste Lamarck
French biologist
E.O. Wilson
E.O. Wilson
American biologist
Buffon, engraving by C. Baron after Drouais, 1761.
Georges-Louis Leclerc, count de Buffon
French naturalist
Marcello Malpighi
Marcello Malpighi
Italian scientist
John Ray, detail of an oil painting; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
John Ray
English naturalist
Sloane, detail of an oil painting by S. Slaughter, 1736; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
Sir Hans Sloane, Baronet
British physician
John James Audubon
John James Audubon
American artist
Étienne Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire
French naturalist
Anna Botsford Comstock.
Anna Botsford Comstock
American illustrator and writer
Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg
German biologist
Sir Joseph Banks, engraving by Ridley, 1802
Sir Joseph Banks
British naturalist
Aldrovandi, Ulisse
Ulisse Aldrovandi
Italian naturalist
William Morton Wheeler
American entomologist
Belon, detail from an engraving
Pierre Belon
French naturalist

Related Quizzes and Features

Quiz
Michael Faraday (L) English physicist and chemist (electromagnetism) and John Frederic Daniell (R) British chemist and meteorologist who invented the Daniell cell.
Faces of Science