page_title: Jan Purkyně
hierarchical_section_title: Jan Purkyně
caption_attribution_description: Czech anatomist Jan Evangelista Purkyně [1787-1869)
context_page_description: Jan Evangelista Purkyně was a Czech anatomist and physiologist. He was one of the best known scientists of his time. In 1839, he coined the term 'protoplasm' for the fluid substance of a cell.
context_section_description: Jan Evangelista Purkyně  (17 or 18 December 1787 – 28 July 1869) was a Czech anatomist and physiologist. He was one of the best known scientists of his time. In 1839, he coined the term 'protoplasm' for the fluid substance of a cell.
caption: Jan Evangelista Purkyne in 1856
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