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Luigi Galvani

Died on December 4, 1798

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Luigi Galvani ( gal-VAH-nee, US also gahl-; Italian:; Latin: Aloysius Galvanus; 9 September 1737 – 4 December 1798) was an Italian physician, physicist, biologist and philosopher who studied animal electricity.

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