science · 05 April 1924 · 100 years ago
death
Died 5 Apr 1924 at age 89 (born 10 Feb 1835).
German physiologist and oceanographer who first used the name plankton to describe the tiny organisms that live suspended in the sea (and in bodies of freshwater) and are important because practically all animal life in the sea is dependent on them, directly or indirectly. He developed equipment for the study of plankton, and led the first Plankton Expedition. As a physiologist, he is known for the Cells of Henson and the Canal of Henson in the inner ear.
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