Luigi Galvani
Italian physician and physicist
Luigi Galvani was an Italian physician, physicist, biologist and philosopher, who studied animal electricity. In 1780, he discovered that the muscles of dead frogs' legs twitched when struck by an electrical spark. This was an early study of... Wikipedia
Born: September 9, 1737, Bologna, Italy
Died: December 4, 1798 (age 61 years), Bologna, Italy
Known for: Bioelectricity (animal electricity)
Parents: Domenico Foschi and Barbara Foschi
Nationality: Italian
Spouse: Lucia Galeazzi Galvani (m. 1762–1788)