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Born in a family of French refugees established at Geneva in the XVIth century, Jean Senebier was first a protestant parson at Chancy and later librarian at Geneva. Charles Bonnet convinced him to become a naturalist and persuaded him to translate Spallanzani's experimental work. At that time the chemistry of gases was making great progress and Senebier applied it to the study of gaseous exchanges in plants. He brought an important contribution to plant physiology.
让·塞内比尔出生于16世纪定居在日内瓦的一个法国难民家庭，他起初是尚西的一名新教牧师，后来成为日内瓦的图书管理员。查尔斯·博内说服他成为一名博物学家，并劝他翻译斯帕兰扎尼的实验著作。当时气体化学正在取得巨大进展，塞内比尔将其应用于植物气体交换的研究。他为植物生理学做出了重要贡献。
