Stanislao Cannizzaro

"Cannizzaro" redirects here. For the lunar crater, see Cannizzaro (crater).
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,[1] also US: /-ɪtˈsɑːr-/ -⁠it-SAR-,[2] 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.[3]

  1. ^ "Cannizzaro, Stanislao". Lexico UK English Dictionary. Oxford University Press. Archived from the original on 2 September 2022.
  2. ^ "Cannizzaro reaction". Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary. Merriam-Webster.
  3. ^ Ihde, Aaron J. (1961). "The Karlsruhe Congress: A Centennial Retrospective". Journal of Chemical Education. 38 (2): 83–86. Bibcode:1961JChEd..38...83I. doi:10.1021/ed038p83. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 24 August 2007.