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Camillo Golgi

1843 - 1926

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Camillo Golgi (Italian: [kaˈmillo ˈɡɔldʒi]; 7 July 1843 – 21 January 1926) was an Italian biologist and pathologist known for his works on the central nervous system. He studied medicine at the University of Pavia (where he later spent most of his professional career) between 1860 and 1868 under the tutelage of Cesare Lombroso. Inspired by pathologist Giulio Bizzozero, he pursued research in the nervous system. His discovery of a staining technique called black reaction (sometimes called Golgi's method or Golgi's staining in his honour) in 1873 was a major breakthrough in neuroscience. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Camillo Golgi is the 36th most popular physician (down from 26th in 2019), the 429th most popular biography from Italy (down from 388th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Italian Physician.

Camillo Golgi is most famous for his discovery of the Golgi apparatus. The Golgi apparatus is a part of the cell that sorts and packages proteins and other molecules.

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Among physicians, Camillo Golgi ranks 36 out of 726. Before him are Alois Alzheimer, Christiaan Eijkman, Willem Einthoven, Qa'a, Li Ching-Yuen, and Rudolf Virchow. After him are Paul Ehrlich, James Black, Niels Ryberg Finsen, Otto Heinrich Warburg, Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, and Daniel Carleton Gajdusek.

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Among people born in 1843, Camillo Golgi ranks 7. Before him are William McKinley, Edvard Grieg, Robert Koch, Bertha von Suttner, Charles Albert Gobat, and Princess Alice of the United Kingdom. After him are Louis Renault, Frederick VIII of Denmark, Georg von Hertling, Henry James, Duchess Mathilde Ludovika in Bavaria, and Princess Maria Annunciata of Bourbon-Two Sicilies. Among people deceased in 1926, Camillo Golgi ranks 11. Before him are Rudolf Christoph Eucken, Emperor Taishō, Harry Houdini, Heike Kamerlingh Onnes, Felix Dzerzhinsky, and Olga Constantinovna of Russia. After him are Sunjong of Korea, Mary Cassatt, Symon Petliura, Emil Kraepelin, Kim Hyong-jik, and Gertrude Bell.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Camillo Golgi ranks 429 out of 5,161. Before him are Pope Pelagius II (520), Giuliano de' Medici (1453), Archytas (-428), Giorgio Napolitano (1925), Luigi Pirandello (1867), and Pope Anastasius IV (1073). After him are Pope Urban I (222), Pope Lando (900), Giovanni Battista Re (1934), Pope Zachary (679), Pope Adeodatus II (610), and Luigi Cherubini (1760).

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Among PHYSICIANS In Italy

Among physicians born in Italy, Camillo Golgi ranks 3. Before him are Florence Nightingale (1820), and Cesare Lombroso (1835). After him are Marcello Malpighi (1628), Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909), Peter Damian (1007), Francesco Redi (1626), Bernardino of Siena (1380), Giovanni Antonio Scopoli (1723), Giovanni Alfonso Borelli (1608), Trota of Salerno (1001), and Andrea Cesalpino (1519).

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