
Scientist of the Day
John Thomas Quekett
AUGUST 20, 2015
John Thomas Quekett, an English surgeon and microscopist, died Aug. 20, 1861, at the age of 46. Quekett was one of the founders of the Royal Microscopical Society in London in 1839, became an assistant to Richard Owen at the Hunterian Museum, part of the Royal College...



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