Luigi Galvani
1737 – 1798 · aged 61
Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher
- Born
- 9 Sept 1737 · Bologna
- Died
- 4 Dec 1798 · Bologna
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- 9 Sept 1737BornBorn in Bologna
- 4 Dec 1798DiedDied in Bologna
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- 1756 – 1763Seven Years' War
- c. 1760 – 1840Industrial Revolution
- 1765 – 1783American Revolution
- 1789 – 1799French Revolution
Biography
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.
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