biography
| name: |
Cannizzaro, Stanislao
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pronunciation:
[kaneedzahroh]
| sex:
| male
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| lived:
| (1826–1910)
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| biography:
| Chemist, born in Palermo, Sicily, S Italy. He was professor of chemistry at Genoa, Palermo, and Rome. In 1860, while at Genoa, he marched with Garibaldi's Thousand. He was the first to appreciate the importance of Amedeo Avogadro's work in connection with atomic weights. He co-ordinated organic and inorganic chemistry, and discovered the reaction named after him. |
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