Paolo Gorini

Paolo Gorini

Statue of Paolo Gorini in Lodi.
Personal details
Born January 18, 1813
Pavia
Died 2 February 1881(1881-02-02) (aged 67)
Lodi, Kingdom of Italy
Alma mater University of Pavia
Profession Professor, scientist

Paolo Gorini (January 18, 1813 – February 2, 1881) was an Italian scientist.

Biography

Born in Pavia, Gorini moved to Lodi in 1834 as physics lecturer in the local Lyceum. There he achieved noteworthy discoveries about organic substances.

After the Five Days of Milan, he had to flee to Switzerland, where he continued his studies in geology. Back in Lodi, in 1871, he published Sull'origine del vulcani ("On the Origin of Volcanoes") and, in 1872, he became famous for the embalming of the bodies of Giuseppe Mazzini and Giuseppe Rovani.

In 1878, he was commissioned by the Cremation Society of Great Britain to construct the cremator at Woking Crematorium in England.

A monument and a museum.[1] are dedicated to him in Lodi.

Bibliography

References

  1. AA. VV, Paolo Gorini. Scienziato a Lodi nell'800, cd rom, Provincia di Lodi, Lodi 1999


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