What is Luigi Galvani's full name?
Luigi Aloisio Galvani
Luigi Galvani nickname(s):
Aloysius Galvanus
Luigi Galvani date of birth:
September 9, 1737
How old was Luigi Galvani when died?
61
Where was Luigi Galvani born?
Bologna, Papal States
When did Luigi Galvani die?
December 4, 1798
Where did Luigi Galvani die?
Bologna, Papal States
Luigi Galvani body shape:
Average
What color are Luigi Galvani's eyes?
Brown - Dark
Is Luigi Galvani gay or straight?
Straight
What is Luigi Galvani's ethnicity?
White
What is Luigi Galvani nationality?
Italian
Where did Luigi Galvani go to school?
Oratorio dei Padri Filippini
Where did Luigi Galvani go to university?
Medicine and philosophy, Faculty of the Arts, University of Bologna (1759)
What is Luigi Galvani's occupation?
Physician, physicist, biologist and philosopher, who discovered animal electricity He is recognized as the pioneer of bioelectromagnetics
Luigi Galvani claim to fame:
Bioelectricity (animal electricity) (= galvanism)
Luigi Galvani family:
Giovanni Aldini (nephew) (physicist)
Short Biography
Luigi Alyisio Galvani (September 9, 1737 – December 4, 1798) was an Italian physician and physicist who lived and died in Bologna. In 1791, he discovered that the muscles of dead frogs legs twitched when struck by a spark. This was one of the first forays into the study of bioelectricity, a field that still today studies the electrical patterns and signals of the nervous system. He was cutting the frogs' legs as an experiment trying to prove that a frog's testicles were actually in their legs. He was quickly proved wrong by other biologists at the University of Pavia.