Lorenzo Romano Amedeo Carlo Avogadro (1776 - 1856)

Born 9 Aug 1776 in Kingdom of Sardinia

Died 9 Jul 1856 at age 79 in Torino, Kingdom of Sardinia

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Biography

Amedeo Avogadro is Notable.

Amedeo was born in 1776. He passed away in 1856.^[1]He was an Italian scientist, most noted for his contribution to molecular theory now known as Avogadro's law, which states that equal volumes of gases under the same conditions of temperature and pressure will contain equal numbers of molecules.

Avogadro was a native of Turin, where his father, Count Filippo Avogadro, was a lawyer and government leader in the Piedmont (Italy was then still divided into independent countries). Avogadro succeeded to his father’s title, earned degrees in law, and began to practice as an ecclesiastical lawyer. After obtaining his formal degrees, he took private lessons in mathematics and sciences, including chemistry. For much of his career as a chemist he held the chair of physical chemistry at the University of Turin.

Little is known about Avogadro’s private life. He married in 1818 and was father to seven children. His family brought him great pleasure, and they spent summer holidays together at his country house in Quaregna. His obituary in the Gazzetta Piemontese nine days after his death says that he was “religioso senza intolleranza, dotto senza pedanteria” (“religious without intolerance, learned without pedantry”).

Sources

1. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55563450/amedeo-avogadro

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amedeo_Avogadro
• https://www.sciencehistory.org/education/scientific-biographies/amedeo-avogadro/
• https://catholicscientists.org/scientists-of-the-past/amedeo-avogadro/
• https://www.chemistryworld.com/features/avogadro/3004497.article