The first scientist to find out the role of light in photosynthesis was

A. Ingenhousz

B. Senebier

C. Priestley

D. Sachs

Answer: Option A

Solution(By Examveda Team)

The first scientist to find out the role of light in photosynthesis was Ingenhousz.
Jan Ingenhousz is yet another scientist who contributed to the discovery of photosynthesis. He was a Dutch chemist, biologist, and physiologist who performed important experiments in the late 1770s that proved that plants produce oxygen. Ingenhousz placed submerged plants in sunlight and then in the shade.