Fontana, Felice, 1730-1805
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Name (Latin)
Fontana, Felice, 1730-1805
Other forms of name
Fontana, Felix
Date of birth
1730-04-15
Date of death
1805-03-19
Gender
male
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Sources of Information
- Author's Trattato del veleno della vipera, 1787
- LCCN 08-18832: His Traité sur le vénin de la vipere, 1781(hdg.: Fontana, Felice, 1730-1805; usage: Felix Fontana)
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File:"Traite sur le venin de la vipere", Fontana, 1781 Wellcome L0008737.jpg
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File:Felice Fontana painting.jpg
Clementino Vannetti (1754-1795), Public domain
File:Portrait of Felice Fontana Wellcome M0018822.jpg
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Wikipedia description:
Abbé Gasparo Ferdinando Felice Fontana (15 April 1730 – 9 March 1805) was an Italian polymath who contributed to experimental studies in physiology, toxicology, and physics. As a physicist he discovered the water gas shift reaction in 1780. He investigated the human eye and has also been credited with discovering the nucleolus of a cell. His work on the venom of vipers was among the earliest experimental toxicological studies. He served as a court physicist for Peter Leopold, Duke of Tuscany and taught at the University of Pisa. He was involved in the establishment of the La Specola museum in Florence.
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