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. Wikipedia
Born: January 12, 1729, Scandiano, Italy
Died: February 12, 1799 (age 70 years), Pavia, Italy
Known for: Digestion; Animal fertilisation; Discrediting spontaneous generation; Animal echolocation
Nationality: Italian
Parents: Lucia Zigliani and Gianniccolò Spallanzani
Books
Dissertations Relative To The Natural History Of Animals And Vegetables, Volume 1
Travels in the Two Sicilies: Vol. 3
Travels In The Two Sicilies, Volume 4
Travels in the Two Sicilies: Vol. 2
Experiments Upon the Circulation of the Blood Throughout the Vascular System; on Languid Circulation; on the Motion of the Blood, Independent of the Action of the Heart; and on the Pulsations of the Arteries
Dissertations Relative to the Natural History of Animals and Vegetables
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