Henry Charlton Bastian
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Henry Charlton Bastian was an English physiologist and neurologist
. Fellow of Royal Society
in 1868.
Bastian graduated in 1861 at the University of London
.
He was an advocate of the doctrine of abiogenesis
. He believed he has witnessed the spontaneous generation of living organisms out of non living matter under his microscope.
Neurologist
A neurologist is a physician who specializes in neurology, and is trained to investigate, or diagnose and treat neurological disorders.Neurology is the medical specialty related to the human nervous system. The nervous system encompasses the brain, spinal cord, and peripheral nerves. A specialist...
. Fellow of Royal Society
Royal Society
The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is a learned society for science, and is possibly the oldest such society in existence. Founded in November 1660, it was granted a Royal Charter by King Charles II as the "Royal Society of London"...
in 1868.
Bastian graduated in 1861 at the University of London
University of London
-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
.
He was an advocate of the doctrine of abiogenesis
Abiogenesis
Abiogenesis or biopoesis is the study of how biological life arises from inorganic matter through natural processes, and the method by which life on Earth arose...
. He believed he has witnessed the spontaneous generation of living organisms out of non living matter under his microscope.
Works
- Monograph of the Anguillulidae (1865)
- The Beginnings of Life: being some account of the nature, modes of origin and transformation of lower organisms, I–II (1872)
- The Brain as an Organ of Mind (1880)