Johannes Purkinje Biography

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NAME: Johannes Evangelista Purkinje
OCCUPATION: Physicist
BIRTH DATE: December 17, 1787
DEATH DATE: July 28, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH: Libochovice, Czech Republic

PLACE OF DEATH: Prauge, Czech Republic

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Czech experimental physiologist Johannes Purkinje discovered the Purkinje effect, Purkinje cells and Purkinje fibers and first introduced the term protoplasm.

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Johannes Purkinje was born December 17, 1787, in Libochovice, Bohemia. He discovered the Purkinje effect, Purkinje cells, and Purkinje fibers. At Breslau he created the world's first independent physiology department and first official physiology laboratory. He introduced the term protoplasm, devised new methods for preparing microscope samples and recognized the uniqueness of fingerprints.