Arthur Meyer (botanist)


Arthur Meyer was a German botanist, cell biologist, and pharmacognosist. Meyer is known for his pioneering work describing the structure of chloroplasts and other plastids. He was the first to name and describe the chlorophyll-containing structures in chloroplasts known as grana.
Meyer spent his academic career at the University of Marburg. He was a member of the Marburg Circle, an interdisciplinary biological discussion group centered on Emil Adolf von Behring.

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