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Luigi Galvani

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Luigi Galvani

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Also known as Luigi Aloisio Galvani

Italian physician, physicist, and philosopher

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Luigi Galvani was an Italian person who lived from 1737 to 1798. He is the author of several works, including *De viribus electricitatis in motu musculari commentarius*, *A translation of Luigi Galvani's De viribus electricitatis in motu musculari commentarius*, *Il "Taccuino"*, *Ragguaglio di un altro manoscritto inedito del celebre Galvani*, and *De viribus electricitatis*.

His writings have been referenced by 521 other encyclopedia articles. Galvani is associated with the Commons category and gallery for his name, and has a creator page on the platform.

Synthesized by Vinony from 14 facts across 5 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Person · Open Library

Born
1737
Died
1798
Works
26

Top works

  • De viribus electricitatis in motu musculari commentarius
  • A translation of Luigi Galvani's De viribus electricitatis in motu musculari commentarius
  • Aloysii Galvani in Bononiensi Archigymnasio, & Instituto Scientiarum publici professsoris ... De viribus electricitatis in motu musculari commentarius
  • Il "Taccuino"
  • Ragguaglio di un altro manoscritto inedito del celebre Galvani

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Country
IT

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Recommendations for Cardiac Chamber Quantification by Echocardiography in Adults: An Update from the American Society of Echocardiography and the European Association of Cardiovascular Imaging

    · 2015 · cited 11,850x

  2. The Internet of Things: A survey

    · 2010 · cited 11,423x

  3. Sorafenib in Advanced Hepatocellular Carcinoma

    · 2008 · cited 11,228x

  4. Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    · 2018 · cited 10,992x

  5. Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2010

    · 2012 · cited 10,798x

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Wikidata facts

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
P8168
Schopfloch
Commons category
Luigi Galvani
date of birth
1737-09-09
date of death
1798-12-04
Commons gallery
Luigi Galvani
name in native language
Luigi Galvani
student
Giovanni Aldini
Commons Creator page
Luigi Galvani
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Encyclopedic overview

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.

Early life and career

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