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Spallanzani, Lazaro

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

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A noted Italian scientist, born at Scandiano, in Modena; held chairs of Philosophy and Greek in the Universities of Reggio and Modena, but more attracted to natural science he in 1768 became professor of Natural History at Pavia; wrote elaborate accounts of expeditions to Sicily and elsewhere; overturned Button's theory of spontaneous generation, and in important works made some valuable contributions to physiological science (1729-1799).

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Wood, James, ed. Entry for 'Spallanzani, Lazaro'. The Nuttall Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​nut/​s/spallanzani-lazaro.html. Frederick Warne & Co Ltd. London. 1900.
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