Who was Nehemiah Grew?
Q: Who was Nehemiah Grew?
A: Nehemiah Grew was an English plant anatomist and physiologist, known as the "Father of Plant Anatomy".
Q: Where did he study?
A: Nehemiah Grew graduated from Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1661, and later took the degree of M.D. at Leiden University.
Q: What work did he begin in 1664?
A: In 1664, Nehemiah Grew began work on the anatomy of plants.
Q: When was his essay The Anatomy of Vegetables Begun published?
A: His essay The Anatomy of Vegetables Begun was communicated to the Royal Society in 1670 and published the following year.
Q: What did he publish in 1673?
A: In 1673, Nehemiah Grew published his Idea of a Phytological History which consisted of papers he had communicated to the Royal Society in the preceding year.
Q: What is his great work on plant anatomy called?
A: His great work on plant anatomy is called Anatomy of Plants and it was published in 1682.
Q: What discovery is central to micropaleontology that Nehemiah Grew made?
A: One important discovery that Nehemiah Grew made which is central to micropaleontology is that size and shape are different between species, whereas pollen grains within a species are all alike.
