BIOLOGIST
Lazzaro Spallanzani
1729 - 1799
Lazzaro Spallanzani
Lazzaro Spallanzani (Italian pronunciation: [ˈladdzaro spallanˈtsaːni]; 12 January 1729 – 11 February 1799) was an Italian Catholic priest (for which he was nicknamed Abbé Spallanzani), biologist and physiologist who made important contributions to the experimental study of bodily functions, animal reproduction, and animal echolocation. His research on biogenesis paved the way for the downfall of the theory of spontaneous generation, a prevailing idea at the time that organisms develop from inanimate matters, though the final death blow to the idea was dealt by French scientist Louis Pasteur a century later. His most important works were summed up in his book Experiencias Para Servir a La Historia de La Generación De Animales y Plantas (Experiences to Serve to the History of the Generation of Animals and Plants), published in 1786. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Lazzaro Spallanzani has received more than 495,983 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 39 in 2019). Lazzaro Spallanzani is the 40th most popular biologist (down from 37th in 2019), the 631st most popular biography from Italy (down from 599th in 2019) and the most popular Italian Biologist.
Lazzaro Spallanzani is most famous for his work in the field of reproductive biology. He is credited with discovering the role of seminal fluid in reproduction.
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Among BIOLOGISTS
Among biologists, Lazzaro Spallanzani ranks 40 out of 1,097. Before him are Charles Richet, Matthias Jakob Schleiden, Harald zur Hausen, Dian Fossey, Karl von Frisch, and Antoine Laurent de Jussieu. After him are Vladimir Vernadsky, Karl Ernst von Baer, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Christian de Duve, Hans Spemann, and Peter Simon Pallas.
Most Popular Biologists in Wikipedia
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1850 - 1935
HPI: 67.70
Rank: 34
Matthias Jakob Schleiden
1804 - 1881
HPI: 67.41
Rank: 35
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1936 - 2023
HPI: 67.40
Rank: 36
Dian Fossey
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HPI: 67.01
Rank: 37
Karl von Frisch
1886 - 1982
HPI: 66.98
Rank: 38
Antoine Laurent de Jussieu
1748 - 1836
HPI: 66.97
Rank: 39
Lazzaro Spallanzani
1729 - 1799
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 40
Vladimir Vernadsky
1863 - 1945
HPI: 66.65
Rank: 41
Karl Ernst von Baer
1792 - 1876
HPI: 66.37
Rank: 42
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi
1947 - Present
HPI: 66.28
Rank: 43
Christian de Duve
1917 - 2013
HPI: 66.21
Rank: 44
Hans Spemann
1869 - 1941
HPI: 66.10
Rank: 45
Peter Simon Pallas
1741 - 1811
HPI: 66.05
Rank: 46
Contemporaries
Among people born in 1729, Lazzaro Spallanzani ranks 6. Before him are Catherine the Great, Louis, Dauphin of France, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Edmund Burke, and Moses Mendelssohn. After him are Louis Antoine de Bougainville, Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel, Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain, Antonio Soler, Johann Daniel Titius, and Johann Reinhold Forster. Among people deceased in 1799, Lazzaro Spallanzani ranks 8. Before him are Qianlong Emperor, Pope Pius VI, Maria Gaetana Agnesi, Pierre Beaumarchais, Tipu Sultan, and Joseph Black. After him are Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, Horace Bénédict de Saussure, Victoire of France, Heshen, Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria, and Étienne-Louis Boullée.
Others Born in 1729
Go to all RankingsCatherine the Great
NOBLEMAN
1729 - 1796
HPI: 83.04
Rank: 1
Louis, Dauphin of France
POLITICIAN
1729 - 1765
HPI: 72.00
Rank: 2
Gotthold Ephraim Lessing
WRITER
1729 - 1781
HPI: 71.82
Rank: 3
Edmund Burke
POLITICIAN
1729 - 1797
HPI: 71.09
Rank: 4
Moses Mendelssohn
PHILOSOPHER
1729 - 1786
HPI: 69.13
Rank: 5
Lazzaro Spallanzani
BIOLOGIST
1729 - 1799
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 6
Louis Antoine de Bougainville
EXPLORER
1729 - 1811
HPI: 65.50
Rank: 7
Juliana Maria of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel
COMPANION
1729 - 1796
HPI: 63.37
Rank: 8
Maria Antonia Ferdinanda of Spain
COMPANION
1729 - 1785
HPI: 62.20
Rank: 9
Antonio Soler
COMPOSER
1729 - 1783
HPI: 59.55
Rank: 10
Johann Daniel Titius
ASTRONOMER
1729 - 1796
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 11
Johann Reinhold Forster
BIOLOGIST
1729 - 1798
HPI: 58.23
Rank: 12
Others Deceased in 1799
Go to all RankingsQianlong Emperor
POLITICIAN
1711 - 1799
HPI: 75.55
Rank: 2
Pope Pius VI
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
1717 - 1799
HPI: 75.30
Rank: 3
Maria Gaetana Agnesi
MATHEMATICIAN
1718 - 1799
HPI: 70.72
Rank: 4
Pierre Beaumarchais
WRITER
1732 - 1799
HPI: 70.26
Rank: 5
Tipu Sultan
POLITICIAN
1750 - 1799
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 6
Joseph Black
CHEMIST
1728 - 1799
HPI: 67.14
Rank: 7
Lazzaro Spallanzani
BIOLOGIST
1729 - 1799
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 8
Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
PHYSICIST
1742 - 1799
HPI: 66.04
Rank: 9
Horace Bénédict de Saussure
MOUNTAINEER
1740 - 1799
HPI: 64.19
Rank: 10
Victoire of France
POLITICIAN
1733 - 1799
HPI: 64.01
Rank: 11
Heshen
POLITICIAN
1750 - 1799
HPI: 62.61
Rank: 12
Charles Theodore, Elector of Bavaria
POLITICIAN
1724 - 1799
HPI: 62.45
Rank: 13
Étienne-Louis Boullée
ARCHITECT
1728 - 1799
HPI: 61.79
Rank: 14
In Italy
Among people born in Italy, Lazzaro Spallanzani ranks 631 out of 5,161. Before him are Baldassare Castiglione (1478), Vittorio Emanuele Orlando (1860), Pope Stephen II (715), Fra Bartolomeo (1472), Kurt Schuschnigg (1897), and Virna Lisi (1936). After him are Tancred, Prince of Galilee (1072), Silvana Mangano (1930), Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours (1479), Pope Boniface II (470), Libius Severus (420), and Marozia (890).
Others born in Italy
Go to all RankingsBaldassare Castiglione
WRITER
1478 - 1529
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 625
Vittorio Emanuele Orlando
POLITICIAN
1860 - 1952
HPI: 66.84
Rank: 626
Pope Stephen II
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
715 - 757
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 627
Fra Bartolomeo
PAINTER
1472 - 1517
HPI: 66.82
Rank: 628
Kurt Schuschnigg
POLITICIAN
1897 - 1977
HPI: 66.81
Rank: 629
Virna Lisi
ACTOR
1936 - 2014
HPI: 66.80
Rank: 630
Lazzaro Spallanzani
BIOLOGIST
1729 - 1799
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 631
Tancred, Prince of Galilee
POLITICIAN
1072 - 1112
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 632
Silvana Mangano
ACTOR
1930 - 1989
HPI: 66.77
Rank: 633
Giuliano de' Medici, Duke of Nemours
POLITICIAN
1479 - 1516
HPI: 66.75
Rank: 634
Pope Boniface II
RELIGIOUS FIGURE
470 - 532
HPI: 66.74
Rank: 635
Libius Severus
POLITICIAN
420 - 465
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 636
Marozia
POLITICIAN
890 - 937
HPI: 66.73
Rank: 637
Among BIOLOGISTS In Italy
Among biologists born in Italy, Lazzaro Spallanzani ranks 1. After him are Ulisse Aldrovandi (1522), Gabriele Falloppio (1523), Giovanni Sartori (1924), Mario Capecchi (1937), Salvador Luria (1912), Renato Dulbecco (1914), Giuseppe Acerbi (1773), Mikhail Tsvet (1872), Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza (1922), Carlo Allioni (1728), and Odoardo Beccari (1843).
Lazzaro Spallanzani
1729 - 1799
HPI: 66.79
Rank: 1
Ulisse Aldrovandi
1522 - 1605
HPI: 64.55
Rank: 2
Gabriele Falloppio
1523 - 1562
HPI: 63.35
Rank: 3
Giovanni Sartori
1924 - 2017
HPI: 61.36
Rank: 4
Mario Capecchi
1937 - Present
HPI: 61.08
Rank: 5
Salvador Luria
1912 - 1991
HPI: 60.49
Rank: 6
Renato Dulbecco
1914 - 2012
HPI: 60.14
Rank: 7
Giuseppe Acerbi
1773 - 1846
HPI: 59.62
Rank: 8
Mikhail Tsvet
1872 - 1919
HPI: 58.28
Rank: 9
Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza
1922 - 2018
HPI: 56.20
Rank: 10
Carlo Allioni
1728 - 1804
HPI: 54.38
Rank: 11
Odoardo Beccari
1843 - 1920
HPI: 53.40
Rank: 12