Charles Bonnet
1720–93
Swiss naturalist and philosopher. Although educated for the law, his main interest was natural history. Discovered parthenogenesis in aphids in 1746. Studied invertebrate regeneration, entomology, and plant physiology. Advocate of preformation. Wrote influential works on theoretical biology.
Source
DSB.
Bibliography
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
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