Felice Fontana
Italian physicist
Died when: 74 years 329 days (898 months)Star Sign: Aries
Abbé Gasparo Ferdinando Felice Fontana (15 April 1730 – 9 March 1805) was an Italian polymath who contributed to experimental studies in physiology, toxicology, and physics.
As a physicist he discovered the water gas shift reaction in 1780.He investigated the human eye and has also been credited with discovering the nucleolus of a cell.
His work on the venom of vipers was among the earliest experimental toxicological studies.He served as a court physicist for Peter Leopold, Duke of Tuscany and taught at the University of Pisa.
He was involved in the establishment of the La Specola museum in Florence.
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