Notable Births on December 8
Jan Ingenhousz (1730)
Dutch physiologist, biologist, and chemist Jan Ingenhousz was born on this day. He is renowned for his groundbreaking work demonstrating that light is essential for photosynthesis and that plants undergo cellular respiration.
Ernst Moro (1874)
On December 8, 1874, Austrian physician and pediatrician Ernst Moro entered the world. He was the first to describe the infant reflex and is credited with coining the term “first trimester.”
Thomas Cech (1947)
American chemist Thomas Cech was born on this date in 1947. He shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1989 for his significant discovery that RNA possesses catalytic properties and can self-cleave.