Luigi Galvani

Also known as Luigi Aloisio Galvani

Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher

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Luigi Galvani was an Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher who lived during the 18th century. His work laid important groundwork for the study of electricity and its effects on living organisms, influencing both scientific understanding and the term "galvanism" used in electrical science today.

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Instance of: human
Given name: Luigi
Gender: male
Citizenship: Papal States
Place of birth: Bologna
Place of death: Bologna
Spouse: Lucia Galeazzi Galvani
Occupation: inventor
Educated at: University of Bologna
Employer: University of Bologna
Languages spoken: Italian
Doctoral student: Giovanni Aldini
Field of work: medicine
Image: Luigi Galvani, oil-painting.jpg
Religious order: Franciscans

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described by source: The Catholic Encyclopedia
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Commons category: Luigi Galvani
date of birth: 1737-09-09
date of death: 1798-12-04
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name in native language: Luigi Galvani
student: Giovanni Aldini
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Luigi Galvani (/ɡælˈvɑːni/ gal-VAH-nee, US also /ɡɑːl-/ 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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