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Lazzaro Spallanzani
Lazzaro Spallanzani was an Italian Catholic priest, biologist and physiologist who made important contributions to the experimental study of bodily functions, animal reproduction, and animal echolocation. His research on biogenesis paved the way for the downfall of the theory of spontaneous generation, a prevailing idea at the time that organisms develop from inanimate matters, though the final de…
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science · Italian priest, biologist and physiologist (1729–1799) · physicist · naturalist · university teacher · entomologist · botanist · paleontologist · zoologist · also Lazzaro Spallanzani, Spall., Lazaro Spallanzani, Spallanzani
Born 12 January 1729 · Died 12 February 1799 · Q213351
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Died 1799-02-12.
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