Camillo Golgi

Physiologist
BIRTHDAY
July 7,1843
Birthplace
Italy
Age
Jan 21,1926,age 82
Birth Sign
Cancer
BIRTHDAY
July 7,1843 (age Jan 21,1926,age 82)
Birthplace
Italy

About

Italian scientist and physician responsible for the discovery of the nervous tissue-related phenomenon known as the "black reaction". He also discovered the sensory organ which came to be known as the Golgi receptor.

Before Fame

He worked at a psychiatric hospital.

Trivia

In 1906, he earned the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discoveries on the human nervous system.

Family Life

His father was also a physician.

Associated With

He and physicist Enrico Fermi are both Italians who have received the Nobel Prize in their respective fields.