Lazzaro Spallanzani
1729–99
Italian priest and natural scientist. Best known for his disproof of spontaneous generation and his elucidation of the process of digestion. Professor in Modena, 1763–9; Pavia, 1769–99.
Source
DSB.
Bibliography
DSB: Dictionary of scientific biography. Edited by Charles Coulston Gillispie and Frederic L. Holmes. 18 vols. including index and supplements. New York: Charles Scribner’s Sons. 1970–90.
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