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Showing posts with label Pavia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pavia. Show all posts
12 July 2018

Agostino Codazzi - soldier and map-maker

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Italian who mapped first route for Panama Canal Agostino Codazzi became a national hero in Venezuela after fighting for Napoleon Ago...
22 February 2018

Mario Pavesi – entrepreneur

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Biscuit maker who gave Italian motorists the Autogrill Mario Pavesi began making biscuits in 1934 Italy lost one of its most imp...
21 January 2018

Camillo Golgi – neuroscientist

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Nobel prize winner whose name lives on in medical science Camillo Golgi expanded knowledge of the human nervous system Camillo Go...
6 November 2017

Cesare Lombroso – criminologist

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Professor who first encouraged study of criminal mind Cesare Lombroso changed the way the world thought about criminals Cesare Lo...
6 July 2017

Cesare Mori - Mafia buster

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'Iron Prefect' who 'eliminated' the Cosa Nostra Cesare Mori was well known for his hard-line methods Cesare Mori, ...
5 March 2017

Alessandro Volta – scientist

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Invention sparked wave of electrical experiments Alessandro Volta as depicted in a painting by an unknown artist Alessandro Volta, w...
27 February 2017

Italy's appeal for help with Leaning Tower

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Fears of collapse prompted summit of engineers The tower began to lean within five years of the start of construction in 1173 The I...
12 February 2017

Lazzaro Spallanzani – priest and scientist

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18th century biologist who pioneered artificial insemination  Lazzaro Spallanzani Lazzaro Spallanzani, the first scientist to interpr...
28 January 2017

Paolo Gorini – scientist

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Teacher invented technique for preserving corpses The statue of Paolo Gorini in Piazza Ospedale in Lodi Mathematician and scientist ...