Jean Baptiste Carnoy (11 January 1836 – 6 September 1899), born in
Rumillies
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(
Belgium
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), was a
Roman Catholic
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priest
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and a scientist in the field of
cytology. He made the initial explanation of the real nature of the
albuminoid membrane, and conducted noted experiments on
cellular segmentation.
See also
*
List of Roman Catholic scientist-clerics
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People
* List (surname)
Organizations
* List College, an undergraduate division of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America
* SC Germania List, German rugby union ...
References
* 191
New Catholic Dictionary
19th-century Belgian Roman Catholic priests
Belgian biologists
1836 births
1899 deaths
Catholic clergy scientists
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