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Luigi Galvani

Luigi Galvani

September 9, 1737 –December 4, 1798

Anatomist, Physicist, Physician, University teacher, Inventor, Naturalist

Lived 61 years

Born in
Bologna
Passed away in
Bologna

Luigi Galvani ( gal-VAH-nee, US also gahl-; Italian: [luˈiːdʒi ɡalˈvaːni]; Latin: Aloysius Galvanus; 9 September 1737 – 4 December 1798) was an Italian physician, physicist, biologist and philosopher who studied animal electricity. In 1780, using a frog, he discovered that the muscles of dead frogs' legs twitched when struck by an electrical spark. This was an early study of bioelectricity, following experiments by John Walsh and Hugh Williamson.

Education: University of Bologna

Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Galvani