Stanislao Cannizzaro

Stanislao Cannizzaro
FRS
Born13 July 1826 (1826-07-13)
Palermo, Kingdom of Two Sicilies
Died10 May 1910 (1910-05-11) (aged 83)
Rome, Kingdom of Italy
Known forCannizzaro reaction
AwardsFaraday Lectureship Prize (1872)
Copley Medal (1891)
Scientific career
FieldsChemistry

Stanislao Cannizzaro FRS (/ˌkænɪˈzɑːroʊ/ KAN-iz-AR-oh, US also /-ɪtˈsɑːr-/ -⁠it-SAR-, Italian: [staniˈzlaːo kannitˈtsaːro]; 13 July 1826 – 10 May 1910) was an Italian chemist. He is famous for the Cannizzaro reaction and for his influential role in the atomic-weight deliberations of the Karlsruhe Congress in 1860.

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