Antoni de Martí Franquès and spontaneous generation: Conflicts between science and religion in the work of a naturalist
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https://doi.org/10.7203/metode.0.3236Keywords:
eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, Catalonia, Spontaneous generation, Martí Franquès, Religion
Abstract
Antoni de Martí Franquès was a naturalist from Tarragona, who lived during the second half of the eighteenth century and early nineteenth century. He was best known for his remarkable experiments devoted to investigating the composition of atmospheric air, and he also devoted a good deal of his experimental work to studying spontaneous generation. Martí Franquès’ surviving manuscripts and the testimony of his contemporaries tell us he was convinced that he had experimentally proven this phenomenon. However, being a devout Catholic, he refused to publish anything on this subject during his lifetime for fear of being accused of heresy. What is more, his descendants also refrained from publishing any of his work posthumously due to religious prejudice.
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Agustí Camós, Centre for the History of Science. UAB (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain).
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