Stanislao Cannizzaro
Stanislao Cannizzaro | |
|---|---|
| Born | 13 July 1826 |
| Died | 10 May 1910 (aged 83) |
| Known for | Cannizzaro reaction |
| Awards | Faraday Lectureship Prize (1872) Copley Medal (1891) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Chemistry |
| President of the Accademia nazionale delle scienze | |
| In office 12 May 1903 – 10 April 1910 | |
| Preceded by | Luigi Cremona |
| Succeeded by | Ulisse Dini |
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.