| Authorised form of name | Ingenhousz; John (1730 - 1799) |
| Other forms of name | Jan Ingen- |
| Jan |
| Other forms of surname | Housz |
| Ingen-Housz |
| Dates | 1730 - 1799 |
| Nationality | Dutch |
| Place of birth | Breda, Netherlands |
| Date of birth | 08 December 1730 |
| Place of death | Bowood Park, near Calne, Wiltshire |
| Date of death | 07 September 1799 |
| Research field | Medicine |
| Plant physiology |
| Physics |
| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 25/05/1769 |
| RSActivity | Lectures:
Bakerian 1778 and 1779 |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB
Authority:
Birth date from DSB
References:
W D Hackmann, 'The Design of the Triboelectric Generators of Martinus Van Marum, FRS. A Case History of the Interaction Between England and Holland in the Field of Instrument Design in the Eighteenth Century' in NR 1971 vol 26 pp 163-181
Trevor H Levere, 'Friendship and Influence: Martinus van Marum, FRS' in NR 1970 vol 25 pp 113-120 |
| Code | NA5138 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| RefNo | Title | Date |
| EC/1769/06 | Ingenhousz, John: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| DM/2/145 | Candidate's certificate in favour of Nicholas Joseph Jacquin, by John Ingenhousz | c.1788 |
| IM/002361 | Ingenhousz, John | nd |
| L&P/7/151 | Paper, 'On the degree of salubrity of the air at sea' by John Ingenhousz | 22 January 1780 |
| L&P/7/115/2 | Plate, 'New method of suspension' by John Ingenhousz | 1779 |
| L&P/7/105 | Paper, 'Improvements in electricity [Bakerian Lecture]' by John Ingenhousz | 1779 |
| L&P/7/60 | Paper, 'Lighting a candle by a very moderate spark' by John Ingenhousz | 1778 |
| L&P/7/259/2 | Plate, 'Apparatus for vegetable growth experiment' by John Ingenhousz | 1782 |
| L&P/7/259/1 | Letter, 'The influence of the vegetable on the animal kingdom' by John Ingenhousz to Paul Henry Maty | 1782 |
| L&P/7/109b | Appendix, 'Of a new kind of inflammable air' by John Ingenhousz | 1779 |
| L&P/7/115 | Paper, 'On some new methods of suspending magnetical needles' by John Ingenhousz | 1779 |
| L&P/6/71 | Letter, 'Experiments on the torpedo' from John Ingenhousz to John Pringle | 27 March 1773 |
| L&P/7/100/1 | Paper, 'Of a new kind of inflammable air' by John Ingenhousz | 1779 |
| L&P/7/100/2 | Plate, 'Air box of a pistol' by John Ingenhousz | 1779 |
| L&P/7/48 | Paper, 'The Bakerian Lecture for 1778; experiments to explain how the phenomena of electrophorus can be explained on Dr Franklin's theory' by John Ingenhousz | 1778 |
| L&P/7/100 | Paper, 'Of a new kind of inflammable air' by John Ingenhousz | 1779 |
| L&P/7/259 | Paper, 'The influence of the vegetable on the animal kingdom' by John Ingenhousz | 1782 |
| MC/17 | Volume 17 of miscellaneous correspondence regarding business matters, sent to the Royal Society | 1897-1899 |