Jan Swammerdam

Jan Swammerdam (1637-1680) was a Dutch entomologist, born at Amsterdam, where he settled as a doctor, but turning with enthusiasm to the study of insect life, made important contributions to, and practically laid the foundations of, entomological science.

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